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Severe Storm history in Georgia

Georgia has 671 county-level severe storm declarations across 159 counties. Newton County leads with 8 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for severe storm events in this state: $432.4M.

This page shows every Georgia county in Georgia that has at least one FEMA severe storm 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 severe storm events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

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

Severe Storm in Georgia

Counties ranked by severe storm declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Newton County8$9.6M
2Baker County7$583K
3Carroll County7$9.2M
4Colquitt County7$5.6M
5Decatur County7$1.0M
6Douglas County7$15.6M
7Mitchell County7$3.4M
8Tift County7$825K
9Worth County7$1.2M
10Bartow County6$1.1M
11Brooks County6$372K
12Clinch County6$527K
13Crawford County6$317K
14Dougherty County6$13.7M
15Floyd County6$1.5M
16Fulton County6$47.5M
17Gordon County6$632K
18Grady County6$219K
19Heard County6$572K
20Jeff Davis County6$560K
21Lamar County6$1.5M
22McIntosh County6$513K
23Monroe County6$876K
24Pickens County6$4.0M
25Thomas County6$553K
26Turner County6$516K
27Upson County6$422K
28Walker County6$4.2M
29Appling County5$1.0M
30Atkinson County5$728K
31Bacon County5$1.6M
32Berrien County5$718K
33Brantley County5$1.6M
34Bryan County5$3.5M
35Bulloch County5$8.5M
36Burke County5$1.2M
37Butts County5$9.6M
38Camden County5$297K
39Candler County5$681K
40Catoosa County5$6.9M
41Chatham County5$7.2M
42Cherokee County5$3.4M
43Cobb County5$37.6M
44Coffee County5$838K
45Cook County5$1.4M
46Crisp County5$281K
47Dade County5$3.8M
48DeKalb County5$18.4M
49Dooly County5$1.9M
50Early County5$441K
51Echols County5$519K
52Effingham County5$2.1M
53Fannin County5$635K
54Gilmer County5$1.7M
55Henry County5$1.5M
56Jefferson County5$1.1M
57Jenkins County5$1.9M
58Lanier County5$268K
59Lowndes County5$5.0M
60Lumpkin County5$2.0M
61Meriwether County5$2.1M
62Montgomery County5$210K
63Muscogee County5$3.0M
64Pike County5$665K
65Rabun County5$1.4M
66Spalding County5$21.2M
67Stewart County5$626K
68Tattnall County5$926K
69Toombs County5$361K
70Union County5$140K
71Ware County5$1.0M
72Wayne County5$1.8M
73Webster County5$71K
74White County5$340K
75Wilcox County5$52K
76Ben Hill County4$784K
77Bibb County4$6.5M
78Calhoun County4$395K
79Charlton County4$150K
80Chattooga County4$676K
81Coweta County4$25.4M
82Dawson County4$840K
83Dodge County4$176K
84Emanuel County4$74K
85Evans County4$3.2M
86Glynn County4$154K
87Greene County4$109K
88Gwinnett County4$19.7M
89Habersham County4$1.4M
90Haralson County4$243K
91Harris County4$87K
92Irwin County4$423K
93Jasper County4$1.9M
94Johnson County4$485K
95Laurens County4$459K
96Lee County4$194K
97Liberty County4$679K
98Long County4$1.6M
99Macon County4$300K
100Miller County4$529K
101Paulding County4$7.0M
102Pierce County4$2.0M
103Polk County4$152K
104Pulaski County4$359K
105Rockdale County4$2.0M
106Screven County4$1.4M
107Talbot County4$97K
108Taylor County4$521K
109Telfair County4$299K
110Treutlen County4$1K
111Troup County4$4.5M
112Wheeler County4$155K
113Wilkinson County4$49K
114Barrow County3$116K
115Clay County3$41K
116Forsyth County3$1.4M
117Hall County3$601K
118Houston County3$440K
119Jones County3$42K
120Marion County3$317K
121Morgan County3$419K
122Murray County3$0
123Oglethorpe County3$102K
124Peach County3$82K
125Richmond County3$0
126Seminole County3$373K
127Stephens County3$828K
128Sumter County3$47.5M
129Taliaferro County3$88K
130Towns County3$23K
131Twiggs County3$155K
132Wilkes County3$481K
133Baldwin County2$0
134Banks County2$29K
135Bleckley County2$0
136Chattahoochee County2$58K
137Clarke County2$177K
138Clayton County2$0
139Columbia County2$0
140Elbert County2$32K
141Fayette County2$1.5M
142Franklin County2$9K
143Hancock County2$398K
144Hart County2$204K
145Jackson County2$1.1M
146Lincoln County2$0
147McDuffie County2$242K
148Oconee County2$4K
149Quitman County2$0
150Randolph County2$0
151Terrell County2$0
152Walton County2$1.4M
153Warren County2$336K
154Whitfield County2$0
155Glascock County1$0
156Madison County1$0
157Putnam County1$0
158Schley County1$0
159Washington County1$0