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Floods in Georgia

Property owners in Georgia have filed 24,418 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $520 million paid.

  • 24,418flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $520Mpaid on those claims
  • 2009most claims in one year, 2,984
  • 20thamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Georgia per year 1978: 77 1979: 630 1980: 225 1981: 70 1982: 363 1983: 149 1984: 113 1985: 84 1986: 46 1987: 99 1988: 24 1989: 160 1990: 633 1991: 251 1992: 225 1993: 90 1994: 2,091 1995: 444 1996: 632 1997: 174 1998: 1,348 1999: 1,261 2000: 143 2001: 95 2002: 168 2003: 477 2004: 997 2005: 912 2006: 77 2007: 98 2008: 124 2009: 2,984 2,984 2010: 233 2011: 98 2012: 173 2013: 498 2014: 159 2015: 659 2016: 1,308 2017: 2,412 2018: 295 2019: 194 2020: 778 2021: 409 2022: 186 2023: 242 2024: 1,268 2025: 156 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Sep 20, 2009Flash FloodBaldwin, Barrow, Bartow10$268 million

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Georgia
Chatham County5,467
Fulton County3,100
Cobb County2,031
DeKalb County1,998
Glynn County1,996
Dougherty County1,255
Lee County700
Richmond County574
Gwinnett County487
Floyd County382
Camden County346
Catoosa County324
Clayton County286
Bryan County285
Muscogee County243
Douglas County215
Decatur County204
Gilmer County199
Bulloch County183
Liberty County174
Columbia County164
Fayette County163
Houston County162
Bibb County155
Polk County143
Lowndes County135
Walker County135
Mitchell County100
Whitfield County93
Fannin County92
Tift County90
Seminole County80
Henry County78
Effingham County77
Troup County76
Cherokee County73
Crisp County70
Rockdale County70
McIntosh County66
Forsyth County66
Colquitt County64
Thomas County63
Union County61
Monroe County61
Carroll County60
White County58
Paulding County54
Chattooga County52
Bartow County50
Laurens County49
Butts County47
Hall County46
Newton County45
Coffee County45
Gordon County44
Ware County44
Murray County42
Early County40
Baker County40
Charlton County39
Coweta County38
Clarke County38
Toombs County36
Worth County35
Walton County33
Montgomery County32
Rabun County31
Towns County31
Appling County28
Tattnall County26
Upson County26
Spalding County24
Brantley County23
Habersham County22
Ben Hill County22
Dooly County19
Lumpkin County18
Long County17
Sumter County16
Miller County16
Brooks County16
Pulaski County15
Washington County14
Pickens County14
Grady County13
Stephens County13
Pierce County11
Barrow County11
Jeff Davis County11
Harris County11
Wheeler County10
Jones County10
Jenkins County10
Cook County9
Dade County9
Jasper County9
Berrien County8
Baldwin County7
Wayne County7
Jackson County7
Evans County7
Emanuel County6
Telfair County6
Terrell County6
Talbot County6
Candler County6
Peach County6
Elbert County5
Putnam County5
Lamar County5
Screven County5
Lanier County5
Clinch County5
Macon County5
Calhoun County5
Oconee County4
Taylor County4
Pike County4
Heard County3
Dawson County3
Madison County2
Jefferson County2
Greene County2
Burke County2
Banks County2
Johnson County2
Atkinson County2
Chattahoochee County2
Bleckley County1
Twiggs County1
McDuffie County1
Franklin County1
Randolph County1
Dodge County1
Morgan County1
Bacon County1
Haralson County1
Echols County1
Quitman County1
Irwin County1
Turner County1
Hart County1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).