Ice Storm Risk in Georgia
All Georgia counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index ice storm score
Ice Storm risk — freezing rain that coats surfaces in heavy, damaging ice — is rated for 159 of 159 Georgia counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. DeKalb County carries the state's highest ice storm score at 95.3, with $2M in expected annual ice storm losses.
10 Georgia counties are rated High or Very High for ice storm, and expected annual losses from ice storm total roughly $23M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.
County Rankings — Ice Storm
| # | County | Ice Storm Score | Rating | Ann. Freq. | Ann. Loss |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DeKalb County | Very High | 1.39 / yr | $2M | |
| 2 | Gwinnett County | High | 1.16 / yr | $2M | |
| 3 | Cobb County | High | 1.16 / yr | $2M | |
| 4 | Richmond County | High | 1.14 / yr | $1M | |
| 5 | Fulton County | High | 1.22 / yr | $1M | |
| 6 | Chatham County | High | 0.48 / yr | $891K | |
| 7 | Clayton County | High | 1.26 / yr | $587K | |
| 8 | Columbia County | High | 0.98 / yr | $791K | |
| 9 | Clarke County | High | 1.27 / yr | $610K | |
| 10 | Hall County | High | 1.39 / yr | $540K | |
| 11 | Forsyth County | Medium | 0.98 / yr | $599K | |
| 12 | Hart County | Medium | 1.64 / yr | $313K | |
| 13 | Rockdale County | Medium | 1.43 / yr | $422K | |
| 14 | Henry County | Medium | 1.16 / yr | $454K | |
| 15 | Elbert County | Medium | 1.35 / yr | $238K | |
| 16 | Stephens County | Medium | 1.61 / yr | $243K | |
| 17 | Franklin County | Medium | 1.59 / yr | $238K | |
| 18 | Cherokee County | Medium | 0.86 / yr | $412K | |
| 19 | Habersham County | Medium | 1.59 / yr | $289K | |
| 20 | Jackson County | Medium | 1.21 / yr | $422K | |
| 21 | Douglas County | Medium | 1.09 / yr | $392K | |
| 22 | Coweta County | Medium | 0.88 / yr | $363K | |
| 23 | Newton County | Medium | 1.34 / yr | $382K | |
| 24 | Walton County | Medium | 1.20 / yr | $323K | |
| 25 | Bulloch County | Medium | 0.58 / yr | $259K | |
| 26 | Wilkes County | Medium | 1.19 / yr | $159K | |
| 27 | Madison County | Medium | 1.28 / yr | $190K | |
| 28 | Whitfield County | Medium | 0.63 / yr | $190K | |
| 29 | McDuffie County | Medium | 0.95 / yr | $160K | |
| 30 | White County | Medium | 1.68 / yr | $200K | |
| 31 | Carroll County | Medium | 0.74 / yr | $221K | |
| 32 | Glynn County | Medium | 0.30 / yr | $150K | |
| 33 | Greene County | Medium | 1.05 / yr | $140K | |
| 34 | Barrow County | Medium | 1.12 / yr | $229K | |
| 35 | Burke County | Medium | 1.04 / yr | $141K | |
| 36 | Fayette County | Medium | 0.96 / yr | $257K | |
| 37 | Floyd County | Medium | 0.57 / yr | $145K | |
| 38 | Lumpkin County | Medium | 1.63 / yr | $150K | |
| 39 | Paulding County | Medium | 0.75 / yr | $222K | |
| 40 | Baldwin County | Medium | 0.66 / yr | $135K | |
| 41 | Lincoln County | Medium | 1.09 / yr | $135K | |
| 42 | Troup County | Medium | 0.60 / yr | $119K | |
| 43 | Union County | Medium | 1.18 / yr | $97K | |
| 44 | Rabun County | Medium | 1.18 / yr | $101K | |
| 45 | Oconee County | Medium | 1.09 / yr | $240K | |
| 46 | Banks County | Low | 1.54 / yr | $142K | |
| 47 | Putnam County | Low | 0.75 / yr | $87K | |
| 48 | Muscogee County | Low | 0.40 / yr | $105K | |
| 49 | Walker County | Low | 0.66 / yr | $114K | |
| 50 | Bartow County | Low | 0.66 / yr | $151K | |
| 51 | Oglethorpe County | Low | 1.24 / yr | $111K | |
| 52 | Bibb County | Low | 0.43 / yr | $92K | |
| 53 | Towns County | Low | 1.04 / yr | $67K | |
| 54 | Catoosa County | Low | 0.63 / yr | $116K | |
| 55 | Spalding County | Low | 0.98 / yr | $110K | |
| 56 | Jefferson County | Low | 0.82 / yr | $78K | |
| 57 | Gilmer County | Low | 0.78 / yr | $70K | |
| 58 | Gordon County | Low | 0.64 / yr | $101K | |
| 59 | Liberty County | Low | 0.35 / yr | $132K | |
| 60 | Washington County | Low | 0.66 / yr | $70K | |
| 61 | Screven County | Low | 0.80 / yr | $61K | |
| 62 | Polk County | Low | 0.58 / yr | $57K | |
| 63 | Taliaferro County | Low | 1.12 / yr | $50K | |
| 64 | Fannin County | Low | 0.66 / yr | $62K | |
| 65 | Morgan County | Low | 0.94 / yr | $90K | |
| 66 | Butts County | Low | 1.01 / yr | $60K | |
| 67 | Heard County | Low | 0.79 / yr | $45K | |
| 68 | Haralson County | Low | 0.63 / yr | $59K | |
| 69 | Chattooga County | Low | 0.58 / yr | $47K | |
| 70 | Warren County | Low | 0.99 / yr | $40K | |
| 71 | Camden County | Low | 0.28 / yr | $76K | |
| 72 | Murray County | Low | 0.63 / yr | $63K | |
| 73 | Dawson County | Low | 1.09 / yr | $75K | |
| 74 | Dade County | Low | 0.67 / yr | $48K | |
| 75 | Houston County | Low | 0.36 / yr | $69K | |
| 76 | Wayne County | Low | 0.22 / yr | $42K | |
| 77 | Jones County | Low | 0.63 / yr | $48K | |
| 78 | Pickens County | Low | 0.79 / yr | $52K | |
| 79 | Hancock County | Low | 0.74 / yr | $28K | |
| 80 | Effingham County | Low | 0.58 / yr | $59K | |
| 81 | Meriwether County | Low | 0.65 / yr | $31K | |
| 82 | McIntosh County | Low | 0.37 / yr | $30K | |
| 83 | Candler County | Low | 0.59 / yr | $35K | |
| 84 | Jasper County | Low | 0.79 / yr | $34K | |
| 85 | Toombs County | Low | 0.17 / yr | $30K | |
| 86 | Johnson County | Low | 0.70 / yr | $22K | |
| 87 | Monroe County | Low | 0.71 / yr | $28K | |
| 88 | Pike County | Low | 0.79 / yr | $25K | |
| 89 | Lamar County | Very Low | 0.83 / yr | $24K | |
| 90 | Laurens County | Very Low | 0.36 / yr | $21K | |
| 91 | Tattnall County | Very Low | 0.15 / yr | $18K | |
| 92 | Harris County | Very Low | 0.49 / yr | $27K | |
| 93 | Dodge County | Very Low | 0.22 / yr | $16K | |
| 94 | Upson County | Very Low | 0.47 / yr | $19K | |
| 95 | Glascock County | Very Low | 0.82 / yr | $16K | |
| 96 | Twiggs County | Very Low | 0.41 / yr | $12K | |
| 97 | Emanuel County | Very Low | 0.73 / yr | $13K | |
| 98 | Telfair County | Very Low | 0.15 / yr | $12K | |
| 99 | Charlton County | Very Low | 0.09 / yr | $11K | |
| 100 | Brantley County | Very Low | 0.19 / yr | $17K | |
| 101 | Colquitt County | Very Low | 0.05 / yr | $11K | |
| 102 | Evans County | Very Low | 0.21 / yr | $10K | |
| 103 | Wilkinson County | Very Low | 0.37 / yr | $13K | |
| 104 | Peach County | Very Low | 0.40 / yr | $13K | |
| 105 | Dougherty County | Very Low | 0.13 / yr | $10K | |
| 106 | Montgomery County | Very Low | 0.22 / yr | $9K | |
| 107 | Crisp County | Very Low | 0.22 / yr | $6K | |
| 108 | Jenkins County | Very Low | 0.94 / yr | $7K | |
| 109 | Wheeler County | Very Low | 0.21 / yr | $6K | |
| 110 | Mitchell County | Very Low | 0.05 / yr | $6K | |
| 111 | Lowndes County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $9K | |
| 112 | Wilcox County | Very Low | 0.22 / yr | $6K | |
| 113 | Talbot County | Very Low | 0.46 / yr | $4K | |
| 114 | Sumter County | Very Low | 0.24 / yr | $4K | |
| 115 | Randolph County | Very Low | 0.29 / yr | $3K | |
| 116 | Ben Hill County | Very Low | 0.19 / yr | $3K | |
| 117 | Terrell County | Very Low | 0.21 / yr | $3K | |
| 118 | Thomas County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $3K | |
| 119 | Macon County | Very Low | 0.39 / yr | $2K | |
| 120 | Bryan County | Very Low | 0.37 / yr | $5K | |
| 121 | Bleckley County | Very Low | 0.27 / yr | $3K | |
| 122 | Stewart County | Very Low | 0.38 / yr | $2K | |
| 123 | Crawford County | Very Low | 0.46 / yr | $5K | |
| 124 | Taylor County | Very Low | 0.42 / yr | $2K | |
| 125 | Worth County | Very Low | 0.15 / yr | $3K | |
| 126 | Turner County | Very Low | 0.20 / yr | $2K | |
| 127 | Ware County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $3K | |
| 128 | Lee County | Very Low | 0.20 / yr | $4K | |
| 129 | Pulaski County | Very Low | 0.31 / yr | $2K | |
| 130 | Decatur County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $2K | |
| 131 | Chattahoochee County | Very Low | 0.37 / yr | $4K | |
| 132 | Marion County | Very Low | 0.37 / yr | $2K | |
| 133 | Quitman County | Very Low | 0.39 / yr | $2K | |
| 134 | Grady County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $2K | |
| 135 | Clay County | Very Low | 0.22 / yr | $1K | |
| 136 | Treutlen County | Very Low | 0.45 / yr | $2K | |
| 137 | Early County | Very Low | 0.11 / yr | $1K | |
| 138 | Berrien County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $1K | |
| 139 | Brooks County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $1K | |
| 140 | Tift County | Very Low | 0.07 / yr | $2K | |
| 141 | Dooly County | Very Low | 0.31 / yr | $2K | |
| 142 | Calhoun County | Very Low | 0.19 / yr | $1K | |
| 143 | Cook County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $1K | |
| 144 | Coffee County | Very Low | 0.05 / yr | $1K | |
| 145 | Bacon County | Very Low | 0.07 / yr | $776 | |
| 146 | Webster County | Very Low | 0.33 / yr | $704 | |
| 147 | Long County | Very Low | 0.33 / yr | $1K | |
| 148 | Lanier County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $708 | |
| 149 | Schley County | Very Low | 0.40 / yr | $1K | |
| 150 | Jeff Davis County | Very Low | 0.09 / yr | $524 | |
| 151 | Clinch County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $492 | |
| 152 | Seminole County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $669 | |
| 153 | Irwin County | Very Low | 0.09 / yr | $730 | |
| 154 | Appling County | Very Low | 0.09 / yr | $536 | |
| 155 | Atkinson County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $597 | |
| 156 | Miller County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $440 | |
| 157 | Baker County | Very Low | 0.10 / yr | $209 | |
| 158 | Pierce County | Very Low | 0.02 / yr | $247 | |
| 159 | Echols County | Very Low | 0.01 / yr | $264 |
159 Georgia counties with measurable ice storm risk. See the national ice storm ranking or all Georgia counties by overall risk.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which Georgia county has the highest ice storm risk?
DeKalb County has the highest FEMA ice storm risk score in Georgia at 95.3 (Very High), with $2M in expected annual losses and about 1.39 events per year.
How many Georgia counties face significant ice storm risk?
159 Georgia counties record measurable ice storm risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 10 of them are rated High or Very High.