Natural hazards · Tyrone

Tyrone, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tyrone comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1994. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tyrone?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tyrone to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes18%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Tyrone faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Tyrone flood?

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

7paid claims since 1994

$206Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Dennis: 2 claims, $95K
Tropical Storm Alberto: 1 claim, $63K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fayette County.

Disasters that hit Tyrone

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TyroneDeclared for Fayette County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm

$9K to the Town of Tyrone for repairs

Fayette County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter 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. Tyrone covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Tyrone total about $1.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.