Hurricane Risk in Georgia

All Georgia counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index hurricane score

Hurricane risk — tropical cyclones bringing extreme wind, rain, and storm surge — is rated for 159 of 159 Georgia counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Chatham County carries the state's highest hurricane score at 99.4, with $189M in expected annual hurricane losses.

6 Georgia counties are rated High or Very High for hurricane, and expected annual losses from hurricane total roughly $524M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Hurricane

#CountyHurricane ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Chatham County
99.4
Very High 0.35 / yr $189M
2 Liberty County
96.9
High 0.31 / yr $51M
3 Glynn County
95.9
High 0.34 / yr $21M
4 McIntosh County
94.7
High 0.35 / yr $13M
5 Tattnall County
94.0
High 0.27 / yr $12M
6 Bryan County
93.9
High 0.29 / yr $21M
7 Bulloch County
92.4
Medium 0.24 / yr $12M
8 Thomas County
91.9
Medium 0.25 / yr $9M
9 Lowndes County
91.2
Medium 0.26 / yr $9M
10 Camden County
91.1
Medium 0.32 / yr $10M
11 Colquitt County
90.9
Medium 0.23 / yr $6M
12 Appling County
90.9
Medium 0.27 / yr $7M
13 Effingham County
90.7
Medium 0.29 / yr $11M
14 Decatur County
90.5
Medium 0.23 / yr $5M
15 Mitchell County
89.8
Medium 0.22 / yr $5M
16 Coffee County
89.7
Medium 0.26 / yr $5M
17 Dougherty County
89.4
Medium 0.20 / yr $5M
18 Screven County
89.4
Medium 0.23 / yr $5M
19 Richmond County
89.2
Medium 0.11 / yr $6M
20 Wayne County
88.9
Medium 0.30 / yr $5M
21 Grady County
88.1
Medium 0.24 / yr $4M
22 Charlton County
88.0
Medium 0.27 / yr $3M
23 Ware County
87.7
Medium 0.28 / yr $4M
24 Early County
87.4
Medium 0.21 / yr $3M
25 Berrien County
86.6
Medium 0.27 / yr $3M
26 Tift County
86.4
Medium 0.24 / yr $4M
27 Cook County
86.2
Medium 0.26 / yr $3M
28 Brooks County
86.0
Medium 0.25 / yr $3M
29 Seminole County
85.1
Medium 0.23 / yr $4M
30 Pierce County
84.5
Medium 0.31 / yr $4M
31 Bacon County
84.4
Medium 0.27 / yr $3M
32 Toombs County
84.1
Medium 0.25 / yr $3M
33 Emanuel County
84.0
Medium 0.19 / yr $2M
34 Jeff Davis County
83.9
Medium 0.24 / yr $2M
35 Brantley County
83.1
Medium 0.32 / yr $3M
36 Miller County
82.9
Medium 0.23 / yr $2M
37 Evans County
82.7
Medium 0.27 / yr $2M
38 Muscogee County
82.3
Medium 0.08 / yr $2M
39 Clinch County
82.3
Medium 0.29 / yr $2M
40 Bibb County
81.9
Medium 0.09 / yr $2M
41 Burke County
81.1
Low 0.15 / yr $2M
42 Sumter County
80.9
Low 0.13 / yr $1M
43 Telfair County
80.6
Low 0.21 / yr $1M
44 Houston County
80.5
Low 0.11 / yr $2M
45 Worth County
80.5
Low 0.20 / yr $2M
46 Crisp County
80.4
Low 0.18 / yr $1M
47 Macon County
80.3
Low 0.10 / yr $1M
48 Columbia County
79.7
Low 0.06 / yr $3M
49 Dodge County
79.7
Low 0.16 / yr $1M
50 Long County
78.9
Low 0.30 / yr $2M
51 Calhoun County
78.7
Low 0.19 / yr $963K
52 Laurens County
78.6
Low 0.14 / yr $1M
53 Candler County
78.3
Low 0.22 / yr $1M
54 Irwin County
78.1
Low 0.23 / yr $1M
55 Atkinson County
78.1
Low 0.29 / yr $1M
56 Wilcox County
77.3
Low 0.18 / yr $1M
57 Ben Hill County
77.2
Low 0.19 / yr $811K
58 Turner County
76.3
Low 0.19 / yr $789K
59 Baker County
76.3
Low 0.21 / yr $728K
60 Randolph County
76.1
Low 0.15 / yr $761K
61 Jefferson County
75.8
Low 0.09 / yr $859K
62 Troup County
75.6
Low 0.08 / yr $880K
63 Jenkins County
75.3
Low 0.17 / yr $793K
64 Dooly County
75.1
Low 0.14 / yr $1M
65 Fulton County
74.9
Low 0.04 / yr $1M
66 Lee County
74.8
Low 0.15 / yr $1M
67 Lanier County
74.4
Low 0.28 / yr $791K
68 Pulaski County
74.3
Low 0.13 / yr $584K
69 Bleckley County
73.8
Low 0.14 / yr $641K
70 Washington County
73.7
Low 0.08 / yr $625K
71 Terrell County
73.5
Low 0.15 / yr $590K
72 Greene County
73.4
Low 0.06 / yr $602K
73 Hart County
73.3
Low 0.05 / yr $651K
74 Wilkes County
73.0
Low 0.06 / yr $537K
75 DeKalb County
72.6
Low 0.05 / yr $756K
76 Wheeler County
72.3
Low 0.19 / yr $450K
77 Elbert County
72.2
Low 0.05 / yr $497K
78 Clay County
71.8
Low 0.19 / yr $393K
79 Putnam County
71.7
Low 0.06 / yr $483K
80 Gwinnett County
71.4
Low 0.03 / yr $777K
81 Clarke County
71.3
Low 0.05 / yr $755K
82 Peach County
70.8
Low 0.10 / yr $608K
83 Montgomery County
70.5
Low 0.19 / yr $455K
84 Madison County
69.3
Low 0.05 / yr $455K
85 Franklin County
68.6
Low 0.03 / yr $404K
86 Johnson County
68.5
Low 0.15 / yr $316K
87 Baldwin County
68.3
Low 0.06 / yr $435K
88 Cobb County
68.1
Low 0.04 / yr $660K
89 Treutlen County
67.3
Low 0.18 / yr $450K
90 Taylor County
67.2
Low 0.08 / yr $266K
91 Hall County
66.9
Low 0.02 / yr $472K
92 Oglethorpe County
65.6
Low 0.06 / yr $374K
93 McDuffie County
65.3
Low 0.05 / yr $267K
94 Jackson County
65.2
Low 0.04 / yr $515K
95 Lamar County
64.9
Low 0.07 / yr $324K
96 Carroll County
64.7
Low 0.05 / yr $371K
97 Harris County
64.7
Low 0.08 / yr $384K
98 Henry County
64.4
Low 0.06 / yr $410K
99 Monroe County
64.2
Low 0.07 / yr $319K
100 Upson County
64.2
Low 0.06 / yr $299K
101 Clayton County
64.1
Low 0.05 / yr $305K
102 Webster County
64.0
Low 0.11 / yr $215K
103 Floyd County
63.5
Low 0.03 / yr $260K
104 Wilkinson County
63.2
Low 0.09 / yr $272K
105 Echols County
63.1
Low 0.28 / yr $380K
106 Quitman County
62.7
Low 0.11 / yr $150K
107 Jones County
62.6
Low 0.07 / yr $244K
108 Hancock County
62.1
Low 0.06 / yr $142K
109 Warren County
61.9
Low 0.06 / yr $148K
110 Coweta County
61.7
Low 0.07 / yr $314K
111 Polk County
61.7
Low 0.04 / yr $157K
112 Rabun County
61.6
Low 0.04 / yr $170K
113 Marion County
61.4
Low 0.08 / yr $149K
114 Banks County
60.8
Low 0.03 / yr $250K
115 Whitfield County
60.6
Low 0.02 / yr $187K
116 Stewart County
60.5
Low 0.10 / yr $119K
117 Twiggs County
60.1
Low 0.09 / yr $133K
118 Stephens County
59.8
Low 0.03 / yr $159K
119 Gilmer County
59.6
Low 0.02 / yr $141K
120 Gordon County
59.3
Low 0.02 / yr $201K
121 Fayette County
58.8
Low 0.07 / yr $268K
122 Fannin County
58.7
Low 0.03 / yr $139K
123 Oconee County
58.6
Low 0.05 / yr $306K
124 Crawford County
58.5
Low 0.07 / yr $206K
125 Habersham County
58.4
Very Low 0.03 / yr $164K
126 White County
58.3
Very Low 0.02 / yr $163K
127 Taliaferro County
57.5
Very Low 0.07 / yr $92K
128 Morgan County
57.4
Very Low 0.05 / yr $177K
129 Glascock County
56.4
Very Low 0.08 / yr $111K
130 Spalding County
56.3
Very Low 0.07 / yr $147K
131 Union County
56.2
Very Low 0.02 / yr $91K
132 Heard County
56.1
Very Low 0.06 / yr $84K
133 Forsyth County
55.7
Very Low 0.02 / yr $192K
134 Walton County
55.6
Very Low 0.05 / yr $151K
135 Haralson County
54.5
Very Low 0.05 / yr $97K
136 Lincoln County
54.5
Very Low 0.06 / yr $101K
137 Newton County
54.4
Very Low 0.05 / yr $158K
138 Cherokee County
54.2
Very Low 0.03 / yr $156K
139 Rockdale County
53.9
Very Low 0.05 / yr $127K
140 Meriwether County
53.8
Very Low 0.07 / yr $74K
141 Talbot County
53.6
Very Low 0.07 / yr $61K
142 Douglas County
53.4
Very Low 0.04 / yr $143K
143 Murray County
52.8
Very Low 0.02 / yr $89K
144 Walker County
52.6
Very Low 0.02 / yr $90K
145 Paulding County
52.6
Very Low 0.04 / yr $128K
146 Chattahoochee County
52.4
Very Low 0.08 / yr $118K
147 Chattooga County
51.8
Very Low 0.02 / yr $60K
148 Schley County
51.6
Very Low 0.09 / yr $114K
149 Jasper County
50.6
Very Low 0.06 / yr $66K
150 Pike County
50.2
Very Low 0.07 / yr $65K
151 Bartow County
50.1
Very Low 0.03 / yr $97K
152 Towns County
50.0
Very Low 0.02 / yr $46K
153 Butts County
48.4
Very Low 0.07 / yr $51K
154 Barrow County
48.1
Very Low 0.03 / yr $77K
155 Catoosa County
47.0
Very Low 0.02 / yr $63K
156 Lumpkin County
43.1
Very Low 0.02 / yr $37K
157 Pickens County
41.3
Very Low 0.02 / yr $33K
158 Dade County
38.1
Very Low 0.02 / yr $21K
159 Dawson County
36.8
Very Low 0.02 / yr $29K

159 Georgia counties with measurable hurricane risk. See the national hurricane ranking or all Georgia counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Georgia county has the highest hurricane risk?

Chatham County has the highest FEMA hurricane risk score in Georgia at 99.4 (Very High), with $189M in expected annual losses and about 0.35 events per year.

How many Georgia counties face significant hurricane risk?

159 Georgia counties record measurable hurricane risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 6 of them are rated High or Very High.

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