Landslide Risk in Georgia

All Georgia counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index landslide score

Landslide risk — downhill movement of rock, soil, and debris on unstable slopes — is rated for 159 of 159 Georgia counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Gilmer County carries the state's highest landslide score at 95.9, with $118K in expected annual landslide losses.

No Georgia county reaches the High band for landslide, and expected annual losses from landslide total roughly $768K statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Landslide

#CountyLandslide ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Gilmer County
95.9
Medium 1.55 / yr $118K
2 Fannin County
95.7
Medium 1.42 / yr $120K
3 Union County
94.3
Medium 1.14 / yr $73K
4 Rabun County
92.8
Medium 1.26 / yr $58K
5 Fulton County
91.0
Medium 1.03 / yr $75K
6 Towns County
90.3
Medium 0.57 / yr $37K
7 Cherokee County
83.0
Low 0.98 / yr $33K
8 Hall County
82.6
Low 1.06 / yr $24K
9 Floyd County
80.7
Low 0.51 / yr $14K
10 Gwinnett County
79.3
Low 0.39 / yr $16K
11 Bartow County
78.5
Low 0.49 / yr $18K
12 Lumpkin County
78.1
Low 0.95 / yr $12K
13 DeKalb County
77.8
Low 0.46 / yr $13K
14 Cobb County
76.7
Low 0.30 / yr $14K
15 Murray County
75.6
Low 0.55 / yr $9K
16 Walker County
75.5
Low 0.89 / yr $9K
17 Gordon County
75.0
Low 0.40 / yr $9K
18 Pickens County
74.4
Low 0.72 / yr $9K
19 Forsyth County
74.0
Low 0.49 / yr $13K
20 Muscogee County
73.8
Low 0.17 / yr $7K
21 Catoosa County
73.2
Low 0.21 / yr $9K
22 Polk County
72.1
Low 0.36 / yr $5K
23 Whitfield County
71.9
Low 0.40 / yr $6K
24 Bibb County
71.3
Low 0.15 / yr $6K
25 Chattooga County
70.9
Low 0.45 / yr $4K
26 White County
70.3
Low 0.73 / yr $6K
27 Dade County
69.8
Low 0.37 / yr $5K
28 Habersham County
68.9
Low 0.81 / yr $5K
29 Dawson County
65.8
Low 0.62 / yr $5K
30 Paulding County
64.5
Low 0.51 / yr $5K
31 Stephens County
60.8
Very Low 0.50 / yr $2K
32 Richmond County
60.7
Very Low 0.13 / yr $2K
33 Douglas County
56.3
Very Low 0.28 / yr $3K
34 Banks County
55.0
Very Low 0.52 / yr $2K
35 Haralson County
49.8
Very Low 0.51 / yr $1K
36 Carroll County
49.0
Very Low 0.48 / yr $1K
37 Heard County
47.6
Very Low 0.59 / yr $739
38 Stewart County
44.9
Very Low 0.46 / yr $514
39 Harris County
43.6
Very Low 0.53 / yr $974
40 Troup County
41.9
Very Low 0.30 / yr $616
41 Marion County
39.8
Very Low 0.27 / yr $408
42 Franklin County
39.7
Very Low 0.38 / yr $497
43 Coweta County
39.3
Very Low 0.24 / yr $798
44 Chattahoochee County
39.1
Very Low 0.27 / yr $803
45 Monroe County
38.2
Very Low 0.46 / yr $571
46 Houston County
37.5
Very Low 0.09 / yr $635
47 Jones County
36.1
Very Low 0.45 / yr $442
48 Walton County
35.9
Very Low 0.21 / yr $571
49 Columbia County
35.7
Very Low 0.20 / yr $671
50 Talbot County
35.1
Very Low 0.50 / yr $259
51 Jackson County
34.9
Very Low 0.27 / yr $652
52 Washington County
34.6
Very Low 0.23 / yr $333
53 Sumter County
34.0
Very Low 0.11 / yr $283
54 Henry County
32.9
Very Low 0.14 / yr $485
55 Burke County
32.5
Very Low 0.21 / yr $299
56 Upson County
32.3
Very Low 0.40 / yr $344
57 Twiggs County
32.3
Very Low 0.16 / yr $233
58 Elbert County
31.8
Very Low 0.34 / yr $246
59 Jasper County
31.1
Very Low 0.35 / yr $295
60 Wilkinson County
30.3
Very Low 0.22 / yr $297
61 Greene County
29.7
Very Low 0.25 / yr $226
62 Baldwin County
29.1
Very Low 0.16 / yr $244
63 Crawford County
29.1
Very Low 0.22 / yr $339
64 Quitman County
28.5
Very Low 0.14 / yr $149
65 Clarke County
27.9
Very Low 0.08 / yr $284
66 Clayton County
26.9
Very Low 0.06 / yr $218
67 Newton County
26.8
Very Low 0.14 / yr $316
68 Madison County
26.6
Very Low 0.23 / yr $188
69 Putnam County
26.5
Very Low 0.24 / yr $155
70 Clay County
26.3
Very Low 0.09 / yr $124
71 Hancock County
25.2
Very Low 0.27 / yr $108
72 Rockdale County
24.8
Very Low 0.09 / yr $220
73 Hart County
24.0
Very Low 0.15 / yr $140
74 Bulloch County
23.6
Very Low 0.12 / yr $160
75 Barrow County
23.6
Very Low 0.10 / yr $211
76 Taylor County
23.0
Very Low 0.15 / yr $94
77 Laurens County
22.2
Very Low 0.14 / yr $123
78 Macon County
22.2
Very Low 0.11 / yr $84
79 Meriwether County
21.0
Very Low 0.19 / yr $87
80 Jefferson County
20.2
Very Low 0.12 / yr $92
81 Decatur County
19.9
Very Low 0.09 / yr $74
82 Ware County
19.4
Very Low 0.12 / yr $83
83 Fayette County
18.9
Very Low 0.06 / yr $152
84 Chatham County
18.8
Very Low 0.07 / yr $102
85 Oconee County
18.2
Very Low 0.11 / yr $162
86 Grady County
18.1
Very Low 0.08 / yr $71
87 Screven County
17.8
Very Low 0.13 / yr $61
88 Wilkes County
17.7
Very Low 0.31 / yr $61
89 Butts County
16.5
Very Low 0.11 / yr $62
90 Peach County
16.1
Very Low 0.05 / yr $70
91 Randolph County
15.8
Very Low 0.15 / yr $46
92 Effingham County
15.7
Very Low 0.09 / yr $84
93 Dougherty County
15.5
Very Low 0.04 / yr $49
94 Emanuel County
14.8
Very Low 0.12 / yr $43
95 Lowndes County
14.7
Very Low 0.06 / yr $56
96 Thomas County
14.5
Very Low 0.07 / yr $46
97 Morgan County
14.3
Very Low 0.16 / yr $64
98 Oglethorpe County
14.1
Very Low 0.25 / yr $55
99 Spalding County
13.7
Very Low 0.06 / yr $56
100 Lincoln County
13.5
Very Low 0.14 / yr $44
101 Wayne County
13.4
Very Low 0.09 / yr $39
102 Pike County
13.4
Very Low 0.09 / yr $44
103 Bryan County
12.8
Very Low 0.07 / yr $57
104 Lamar County
12.6
Very Low 0.10 / yr $40
105 Glascock County
12.6
Very Low 0.08 / yr $34
106 Camden County
12.5
Very Low 0.08 / yr $47
107 McIntosh County
12.3
Very Low 0.06 / yr $26
108 Coffee County
12.3
Very Low 0.08 / yr $29
109 Tattnall County
11.2
Very Low 0.08 / yr $25
110 Mitchell County
11.2
Very Low 0.07 / yr $22
111 Early County
10.9
Very Low 0.08 / yr $20
112 Toombs County
10.8
Very Low 0.06 / yr $26
113 McDuffie County
9.9
Very Low 0.10 / yr $20
114 Dodge County
9.6
Very Low 0.08 / yr $18
115 Telfair County
9.3
Very Low 0.07 / yr $15
116 Jenkins County
9.0
Very Low 0.06 / yr $17
117 Crisp County
8.9
Very Low 0.04 / yr $14
118 Schley County
8.7
Very Low 0.08 / yr $27
119 Pulaski County
8.2
Very Low 0.04 / yr $12
120 Appling County
8.1
Very Low 0.07 / yr $14
121 Webster County
8.0
Very Low 0.06 / yr $12
122 Glynn County
7.7
Very Low 0.05 / yr $13
123 Evans County
7.7
Very Low 0.03 / yr $12
124 Jeff Davis County
7.5
Very Low 0.05 / yr $11
125 Charlton County
7.4
Very Low 0.10 / yr $9
126 Worth County
7.1
Very Low 0.08 / yr $11
127 Brantley County
7.1
Very Low 0.06 / yr $15
128 Colquitt County
6.8
Very Low 0.07 / yr $9
129 Tift County
5.8
Very Low 0.03 / yr $8
130 Dooly County
5.7
Very Low 0.06 / yr $9
131 Warren County
5.7
Very Low 0.10 / yr $6
132 Taliaferro County
5.7
Very Low 0.10 / yr $6
133 Lee County
5.3
Very Low 0.05 / yr $11
134 Johnson County
5.3
Very Low 0.05 / yr $5
135 Bacon County
4.9
Very Low 0.04 / yr $5
136 Brooks County
4.7
Very Low 0.06 / yr $4
137 Wilcox County
4.6
Very Low 0.05 / yr $5
138 Berrien County
4.0
Very Low 0.06 / yr $4
139 Liberty County
3.9
Very Low 0.07 / yr $7
140 Bleckley County
3.9
Very Low 0.04 / yr $4
141 Calhoun County
3.9
Very Low 0.04 / yr $3
142 Wheeler County
3.7
Very Low 0.05 / yr $3
143 Montgomery County
3.6
Very Low 0.04 / yr $3
144 Terrell County
3.5
Very Low 0.05 / yr $3
145 Cook County
3.2
Very Low 0.03 / yr $3
146 Pierce County
3.2
Very Low 0.04 / yr $4
147 Candler County
3.1
Very Low 0.04 / yr $3
148 Treutlen County
2.9
Very Low 0.03 / yr $3
149 Ben Hill County
2.8
Very Low 0.03 / yr $2
150 Long County
2.8
Very Low 0.06 / yr $4
151 Turner County
2.6
Very Low 0.04 / yr $2
152 Seminole County
2.5
Very Low 0.03 / yr $3
153 Baker County
2.2
Very Low 0.04 / yr $1
154 Lanier County
2.2
Very Low 0.02 / yr $2
155 Irwin County
1.7
Very Low 0.05 / yr $1
156 Atkinson County
1.6
Very Low 0.04 / yr $1
157 Echols County
1.4
Very Low 0.05 / yr $2
158 Miller County
1.0
Very Low 0.03 / yr $0
159 Clinch County
0.1
Very Low 0.10 / yr $0

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Georgia county has the highest landslide risk?

Gilmer County has the highest FEMA landslide risk score in Georgia at 95.9 (Medium), with $118K in expected annual losses and about 1.55 events per year.

How many Georgia counties face significant landslide risk?

159 Georgia counties record measurable landslide risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 0 of them are rated High or Very High.

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