Natural hazards · Ty Ty

Ty Ty, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ty Ty comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2021. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Ty Ty?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ty Ty to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes17%Cold waves11%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Ty Ty faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Ty Ty flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Ty Ty, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2021

$71Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20212026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ty Ty isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Tift County.

Disasters that hit Ty Ty

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Ty Ty itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Ty Ty.

Brought FEMA money into Ty TyDeclared for Tift County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

101 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2018

Hurricane Michael

79 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

17 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

Tift County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Ty Ty is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ty Ty’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ty Ty. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.