Natural hazards · Vienna

Vienna, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vienna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vienna?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vienna to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought20%Hurricanes18%Tornadoes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Vienna faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 48 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Vienna flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Vienna.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dooly County.

Disasters that hit Vienna

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ViennaDeclared for Dooly County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

11 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $3K to the City of Vienna for repairs

1999

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$1.7M to the City of Vienna for repairs

Dooly County has had 12 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. Vienna 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 Vienna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vienna. 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.