Natural hazards · Warner Robins

Warner Robins, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Warner Robins comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 81 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Warner Robins?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Warner Robins to be higher than in 17% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Heat waves14%Tornadoes13%Hurricanes7%Earthquakes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Warner Robins faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Warner Robins flood?

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

81paid claims since 1980

$1.2Mpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Alberto: 47 claims, $837K
Late summer storms: 2 claims, $20K

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. Warner Robins isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Houston County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Warner Robins

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Warner RobinsDeclared for Houston County only

2018

Hurricane Michael

$43K to the City of Warner Robins for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$232K to the City of Warner Robins for repairs

2009

Severe Storms and Flooding

$44K to the City of Warner Robins for repairs

2004

Tropical Storm Frances

$159K to the City of Warner Robins for repairs

Houston County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and winter storms.

Around Warner Robins

Warner Robins and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Centervillemostly inland floodingLow

Warner Robinsmostly inland floodingVery low

Macon-Bibb Countymostly inland floodingVery low

Perrymostly inland floodingVery low

Robins AFBmostly inland floodingVery low

Byronmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Warner Robins covers 17 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Warner Robins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Warner Robins. 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 Warner Robins total about $12.2M 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.