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Drought history in Georgia

Georgia has 144 county-level drought declarations across 144 counties. Appling County leads with 1 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for drought events in this state: $0.

This page shows every Georgia county in Georgia that has at least one FEMA drought declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to drought events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of drought declarations across all states, see the drought disaster type page. For all hazard types in Georgia, see the Georgia state page.

Drought in Georgia

Counties ranked by drought declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Appling County1$0
2Atkinson County1$0
3Bacon County1$0
4Baker County1$0
5Baldwin County1$0
6Banks County1$0
7Barrow County1$0
8Bartow County1$0
9Ben Hill County1$0
10Berrien County1$0
11Bibb County1$0
12Bleckley County1$0
13Brantley County1$0
14Brooks County1$0
15Bryan County1$0
16Bulloch County1$0
17Burke County1$0
18Butts County1$0
19Camden County1$0
20Candler County1$0
21Carroll County1$0
22Catoosa County1$0
23Charlton County1$0
24Chatham County1$0
25Chattahoochee County1$0
26Chattooga County1$0
27Cherokee County1$0
28Clarke County1$0
29Clayton County1$0
30Clinch County1$0
31Cobb County1$0
32Coffee County1$0
33Colquitt County1$0
34Columbia County1$0
35Cook County1$0
36Coweta County1$0
37Crawford County1$0
38Crisp County1$0
39Dade County1$0
40Dawson County1$0
41DeKalb County1$0
42Decatur County1$0
43Dodge County1$0
44Dooly County1$0
45Douglas County1$0
46Early County1$0
47Echols County1$0
48Effingham County1$0
49Elbert County1$0
50Emanuel County1$0
51Fayette County1$0
52Floyd County1$0
53Forsyth County1$0
54Franklin County1$0
55Fulton County1$0
56Glascock County1$0
57Glynn County1$0
58Gordon County1$0
59Grady County1$0
60Greene County1$0
61Gwinnett County1$0
62Habersham County1$0
63Hall County1$0
64Hancock County1$0
65Haralson County1$0
66Harris County1$0
67Hart County1$0
68Heard County1$0
69Henry County1$0
70Houston County1$0
71Irwin County1$0
72Jackson County1$0
73Jasper County1$0
74Jeff Davis County1$0
75Jefferson County1$0
76Jenkins County1$0
77Johnson County1$0
78Jones County1$0
79Lamar County1$0
80Lanier County1$0
81Laurens County1$0
82Lee County1$0
83Liberty County1$0
84Lincoln County1$0
85Long County1$0
86Lowndes County1$0
87Lumpkin County1$0
88Macon County1$0
89Madison County1$0
90Marion County1$0
91McDuffie County1$0
92McIntosh County1$0
93Meriwether County1$0
94Miller County1$0
95Mitchell County1$0
96Monroe County1$0
97Montgomery County1$0
98Morgan County1$0
99Murray County1$0
100Newton County1$0
101Oconee County1$0
102Oglethorpe County1$0
103Paulding County1$0
104Peach County1$0
105Pickens County1$0
106Pierce County1$0
107Pike County1$0
108Polk County1$0
109Pulaski County1$0
110Putnam County1$0
111Richmond County1$0
112Rockdale County1$0
113Schley County1$0
114Screven County1$0
115Seminole County1$0
116Spalding County1$0
117Stephens County1$0
118Stewart County1$0
119Sumter County1$0
120Talbot County1$0
121Taliaferro County1$0
122Tattnall County1$0
123Taylor County1$0
124Telfair County1$0
125Thomas County1$0
126Tift County1$0
127Toombs County1$0
128Treutlen County1$0
129Troup County1$0
130Twiggs County1$0
131Upson County1$0
132Walker County1$0
133Walton County1$0
134Ware County1$0
135Warren County1$0
136Washington County1$0
137Wayne County1$0
138Webster County1$0
139Wheeler County1$0
140White County1$0
141Whitfield County1$0
142Wilcox County1$0
143Wilkes County1$0
144Wilkinson County1$0