Natural hazards · Waresboro

Waresboro, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Waresboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Waresboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Waresboro to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes34%Tornadoes13%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Waresboro 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 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Waresboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ware County.

Disasters that hit Waresboro

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaresboroDeclared for Ware County only

2024

Hurricane Helene

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Ware County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and fires.

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. Waresboro 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 Waresboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Waresboro. 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.