Evans County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Evans County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jan 9, 2024Tornado$100,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An official NWS storm survey confirmed a EF-1 tornado in Evans County. The tornado began in a very rural portion of southern Evans County near Bay Branch Church Road where it snapped one small tree and uprooted another. The tornado then continued toward the northeast where it snapped and uprooted more than a dozen pecan trees just north of County Road 43. The tornado strength was estimated to be EF-1 at this point, with maximum winds of 95 to 100 mph. The tornado continued to periodically snap and uproot trees as it moved near the intersection of County Road 43 and Level Road, and then near the intersection of Cleve Hagan and Perry Roads. As the tornado moved across the marshy…

2. Aug 8, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$25,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Building sustained heavy roof damage on Anderson Avenue in Claxton.

3. Jan 10, 2011Ice Storm, Evans$15,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Evans County Emergency Manager reported storm total ice accumulations of 0.25 inches along with scattered trees and power lines down across the county.

4. Apr 3, 2008Flash Flood$10,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Evans County Sheriffs office reported major flooding in and around Claxton, Georgia. Flooding was reported on Highway 301, Highway 280, and Highway 292. Several motorists were stranded in their vehicles and a few residents along Lights Drive were stranded in their homes. Additionally a few ponds in the area had overflown their banks, further exacerbating the flooding problems. All officers from the Evans County Sheriffs office were dispatched to block the flooded intersections in and around Claxton, Georgia.

5. Mar 8, 2008High Wind, Evans$10,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A tree fell on and destroyed a home on Carutha Barnard Road.

6. Sep 11, 2010Thunderstorm Wind$10,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Evans county Emergency Manager conducted a damage survey and found an old barn was blown over and several 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs from pecan trees were knocked down. All the damage was positioned lying in the same direction, and as a result it was determined that the damage was due to straight line winds from a thunderstorm downburst. The damage observed was consistent with wind speeds near 65 mph. Several trees were also reported down in sporadic locations within 1 mile of this location.

7. Dec 1, 2018Flood$7,500
   National Weather Service narrative

   An emergency manager reported Allen Sikes Road, a dirt road, being washed out from recent rain.

8. Jul 20, 2026Thunderstorm Wind$5,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Evans County dispatch reported a tree down on powerlines along Gus Tippins Road at Neita Strickland Road.

9. Aug 8, 2006Thunderstorm Wind$5,000
10. Jun 11, 2007Thunderstorm Wind$4,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Numerous large Trees and Power lines down.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

109°FJul 13, 1980

All-time low

1°FJan 21, 1985

Warmest night

82°FAug 25, 1996

Coldest day

25°FJan 21, 1985

Wettest day

12.75 inSep 27, 1929

Snowiest day

5.0 in2 times, most recently Feb 10, 1973

Hottest year

1990mean 68.9°F

Coldest year

1969mean 64.0°F

Wettest year

192971.38 in

Driest year

200126.29 in

Station Brooklet 1 W (USC00091266), 180 ft elevation, 19.8 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1925 to October 27, 2026; 96.6% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00091266.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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