Editorial

Most disaster-prone counties in Georgia

Georgia has 2,757 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 159 counties. The dominant hazard type is hurricane. Ware County leads with 24 declarations, followed by Lumpkin County and Tattnall County.

This ranking shows every county in Georgia ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

Georgia ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Ware County24Hurricane19772024
2Lumpkin County23Hurricane19742026
3Tattnall County23Hurricane19662026
4Toombs County23Hurricane19662026
5Brantley County22Hurricane19772024
6Bulloch County22Hurricane19772026
7Candler County22Hurricane19772026
8Carroll County22Severe Storm19772026
9Emanuel County22Hurricane19772026
10McIntosh County22Hurricane19772024
11Pickens County22Hurricane19742026
12Upson County22Hurricane19772026
13Bryan County21Hurricane19662024
14Camden County21Hurricane19772024
15Charlton County21Hurricane19772024
16Coffee County21Hurricane19742024
17Fulton County21Hurricane19752026
18Habersham County21Hurricane19762026
19Jenkins County21Hurricane19772026
20Monroe County21Hurricane19772026
21Montgomery County21Hurricane19662026
22Pike County21Hurricane19772026
23Rabun County21Hurricane19742026
24Screven County21Hurricane19772026
25White County21Hurricane19772026
26Appling County20Hurricane19772024
27Berrien County20Hurricane19742024
28Brooks County20Hurricane19772024
29Burke County20Hurricane19772026
30Colquitt County20Hurricane19772024
31Crawford County20Hurricane19662026
32Dade County20Hurricane19732026
33Gilmer County20Hurricane19742026
34Glynn County20Hurricane19772024
35Jeff Davis County20Hurricane19772024
36Newton County20Severe Storm19772026
37Thomas County20Hurricane19772024
38Tift County20Hurricane19742024
39Atkinson County19Hurricane19772024
40Bacon County19Hurricane19772024
41Baker County19Severe Storm19662024
42Bartow County19Tropical Storm19742026
43Butts County19Hurricane19772026
44Chatham County19Hurricane19772024
45Cherokee County19Hurricane19772026
46Clinch County19Hurricane19772024
47Cobb County19Hurricane19662026
48Dawson County19Hurricane19742026
49Decatur County19Hurricane19662024
50Floyd County19Tropical Storm19662026
51Hall County19Hurricane19662026
52Heard County19Hurricane19772026
53Jefferson County19Hurricane19662026
54Johnson County19Hurricane19772026
55Lamar County19Hurricane19772026
56Laurens County19Hurricane19662026
57Paulding County19Hurricane19662026
58Pierce County19Hurricane19772024
59Treutlen County19Hurricane19662026
60Walker County19Tropical Storm19732026
61Wayne County19Hurricane19772024
62Worth County19Hurricane19742024
63Cook County18Hurricane19772024
64Douglas County18Severe Storm19772026
65Echols County18Hurricane19772024
66Fannin County18Hurricane19742026
67Gordon County18Severe Storm19732026
68Liberty County18Hurricane19772024
69Long County18Hurricane19662024
70Lowndes County18Hurricane19772024
71Mitchell County18Severe Storm19742024
72Spalding County18Hurricane19772026
73Stephens County18Hurricane19762026
74Telfair County18Hurricane19772026
75Wheeler County18Hurricane19662026
76Wilcox County18Hurricane19772026
77Banks County17Hurricane19762026
78Catoosa County17Tropical Storm19732026
79Crisp County17Hurricane19772024
80DeKalb County17Hurricane19732026
81Dodge County17Hurricane19772026
82Dooly County17Hurricane19772026
83Dougherty County17Hurricane19662024
84Effingham County17Hurricane19772024
85Evans County17Hurricane19932026
86Forsyth County17Hurricane19742026
87Grady County17Hurricane19772024
88Haralson County17Hurricane19742026
89Houston County17Hurricane19662026
90Jasper County17Hurricane19772026
91Jones County17Hurricane19772026
92Lanier County17Hurricane19772024
93Meriwether County17Severe Storm19772026
94Peach County17Hurricane19662026
95Polk County17Hurricane19742026
96Twiggs County17Hurricane19772026
97Wilkes County17Hurricane19772026
98Bibb County16Hurricane19772026
99Bleckley County16Hurricane19662026
100Elbert County16Hurricane19772026
101Franklin County16Hurricane19762026
102Greene County16Hurricane19772026
103Henry County16Severe Storm19732026
104Pulaski County16Hurricane19772026
105Rockdale County16Hurricane19732026
106Stewart County16Hurricane19772026
107Talbot County16Hurricane19772026
108Taliaferro County16Hurricane19772026
109Turner County16Hurricane19982024
110Union County16Hurricane19902026
111Washington County16Hurricane19662026
112Webster County16Hurricane19772026
113Whitfield County16Hurricane19732026
114Wilkinson County16Hurricane19772026
115Ben Hill County15Hurricane19772024
116Chattooga County15Hurricane19732026
117Clayton County15Hurricane19732026
118Coweta County15Hurricane19772026
119Early County15Hurricane19772024
120Hancock County15Hurricane19772026
121Macon County15Hurricane19772026
122McDuffie County15Hurricane19772026
123Murray County15Hurricane19742026
124Oglethorpe County15Hurricane19772026
125Putnam County15Hurricane19772026
126Richmond County15Hurricane19772026
127Taylor County15Hurricane19662026
128Baldwin County14Hurricane19772026
129Barrow County14Hurricane19772026
130Calhoun County14Hurricane19942024
131Clay County14Hurricane19942024
132Columbia County14Hurricane19772026
133Fayette County14Hurricane19772026
134Gwinnett County14Hurricane19772026
135Harris County14Hurricane19772026
136Hart County14Hurricane19772026
137Irwin County14Hurricane19772024
138Jackson County14Hurricane19762026
139Lee County14Hurricane19662024
140Madison County14Hurricane19732026
141Miller County14Hurricane19772024
142Sumter County14Hurricane19772026
143Towns County14Hurricane19932026
144Troup County14Hurricane19772026
145Clarke County13Hurricane19732026
146Glascock County13Hurricane19772026
147Lincoln County13Hurricane19772026
148Marion County13Hurricane19772026
149Morgan County13Hurricane19772026
150Muscogee County13Hurricane19902026
151Oconee County13Hurricane19732026
152Walton County13Hurricane19732026
153Warren County13Hurricane19772026
154Randolph County12Hurricane19942024
155Schley County12Hurricane19772026
156Seminole County12Hurricane19772024
157Chattahoochee County11Hurricane19772026
158Quitman County11Hurricane19942024
159Terrell County10Hurricane19942024