Natural hazards · Williamson

Williamson, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Williamson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Williamson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williamson to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes13%Strong wind7%Drought6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Williamson faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Williamson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

Disasters that hit Williamson

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilliamsonDeclared for Pike County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

138 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

Pike County has had 16 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. Williamson 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 Williamson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Williamson. 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.