FEMA Records
21
Above median
Georgia · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Bryan County, GA
21 FEMA disaster declarations (1966-2024), with a FEMA National Risk Index rating of Relatively Low. Most common hazard: Hurricane.
- 21
- FEMA declarations
- 9
- Major disasters
- 67
- NRI risk · Relatively Low
- Hurricane
- Top hazard
The verdict
Two federal records point in the busier direction for Bryan County. Its 21 FEMA declarations are 21% above the Georgia county mean and exceed the count for 52% of the 3,266 counties in this registry. Separately, FEMA's National Risk Index places it in the riskiest 33%, based on modeled expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience.
- Riskiest 33%
- of U.S. counties for FEMA National Risk Index score
- Relatively Low
- FEMA National Risk Index rating
- 21
- FEMA declarations vs 21 national county avg
- 283
- NFIP flood insurance claims filed
FEMA's National Risk Index and its declaration registry are separate measures. This county's registry includes Fire Management Assistance (FM) records, which are not presidential disaster declarations, alongside Major Disaster (DR) and Emergency (EM) records.
FEMA OpenFEMA declaration desk
County FIPS 13029 · Bryan County 21 declarations · rank 1471/3,266
DECL-HEAVY · MAJOR-LIGHT · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-LOW · ACT-HIGH · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-ABOVE
- DECL-HEAVY 21
- MAJOR-LIGHT 43%
- RANK-LOWER #1,471
- PHOTO-FINISH Montgomery
- NRI-LOW 67
- ACT-HIGH High
- TYPE-LEAD Hurricane
- VS-ST-ABOVE +21%
Nearest declaration peer: Montgomery, IN (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Georgia state profile
Bryan County in the declaration-count neighbourhood
FEMA declaration records among Bryan County and nearest peers by total count
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Atascosa · near 21
Atascosa · near
21 declarations
- Bryan · this county 21
Bryan · this county
21 declarations
- Mason · near 21
Mason · near
21 declarations
- Montgomery · near 21
Montgomery · near
21 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Bryan County carries 21 FEMA declaration records, ranked 1471 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
How Bryan County's FEMA declaration count compares nationally
Bryan County vs. all counties in this dataset
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time · Bryan County
21 Top 48% higher than 52% of 3,266 counties
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-25
Bryan County's FEMA Risk Index score
What does Bryan County's hazard record show?
Reading the federal records together
The NFIP claims register shows a middle-volume loss record here: 283 paid claims, totaling $5.7M. PlainHazard uses 50-499 claims for this descriptive band; FEMA does not publish it as a safety or coverage category. The $20.3K average describes payments on recorded claims only, leaving uninsured damage and properties without a claim outside the measure.
The declaration register points in the busier direction. Bryan County's 21 federal records stand 21% above the Georgia county mean of 17.4. That comparison describes how often federal action was recorded, including any Major Disaster, Emergency, and Fire Management entries shown on this page; it does not convert the count into future probability.
FEMA National Risk Index
This county carries a high composite score on FEMA's National Risk Index, 66.6/100, rated Relatively Low. Its Expected Annual Loss rating is Relatively Low (roughly $33.0M in annualized losses), and a Very Low social-vulnerability profile combined with Relatively High community resilience shapes how much of that raw exposure becomes realized harm. Of the 18 hazards FEMA models, Hurricane stands out as the sharpest exposure here, rated Relatively High. FEMA's modeled frequency puts that hazard at roughly once every 3 years here, based on 114 historical events on record.
61 /100
Historical Activity Index
High historical activity
Bryan County, GA · PlainHazard-derived composite from federal records
This 0–100 index is an explicit PlainHazard composite from FEMA declaration history only on the county surface (this DB has no county-level NOAA damage row) . It is not FEMA's National Risk Index, not a forecast, and not a safety, insurance, or preparedness rating. Open the calculator · Methodology
FEMA Declarations (1953–present) High
15/30
21 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (1.0x national county average)
County Disaster Density High
15/25
21 declarations (1.2x state county average of 17)
Major Disaster Share Moderate
11/25
9 of 21 declarations are major disasters (43%)
Hazard Diversity Very High
20/20
9 different disaster types declared in Bryan County
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Bryan County
How to read this radar
Each axis: NRI risk rating (Very Low-Very High) on a 0-100 scale. Rounder = broad exposure; spiky = one or two hazards dominate.
Major Disaster share
43%
Mixed major share
NRI risk score
67
Relatively Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
How often does each hazard strike Bryan County?
FEMA's National Risk Index models a historical event count and an annualized frequency for each hazard type. Most hazards are expressed as modeled occurrences per year; FEMA expresses drought and heat-wave frequency as event-days per year. These modeled frequencies are not forecasts.
| Hazard | NRI Risk Rating | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | Relatively High | roughly once every 3 years |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | roughly once every 545 years |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | 8.8 modeled event-days per year |
| Coastal Flooding | Relatively Moderate | an average of 3.6 times per year |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | roughly once every 442 years |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Low | roughly once every 4 years |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | roughly once every 6 years |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | an average of 69 times per year |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Low | roughly once every 2 years |
| Drought | Very Low | 22 modeled event-days per year |
| Hail | Very Low | an average of 2 times per year |
| Winter Weather | Very Low | roughly once every 2 years |
| Strong Wind | Very Low | an average of 1.2 times per year |
| Landslide | Very Low | roughly once every 14 years |
| Ice Storm | Very Low | roughly once every 3 years |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Modeled annualized frequency; drought and heat wave use event-days/year, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Hurricane 9
Tropical Storm 3
Biological 2
Severe Storm 2
Fire 1
Snowstorm 1
Drought 1
Freezing 1
Flood 1
What Hurricane declarations mean here
Hurricane is the most frequent declaration type on Bryan County's federal record, 43% of its declarations. Atlantic tropical systems run on a defined season, 1 June to 30 November, with most activity concentrated between August and October; Pacific and territorial basins run on their own calendars. A single named storm routinely produces one declaration number covering a long corridor of counties at once, well inland as well as on the coast, which is why an affected county's count can jump by several in one year without several separate events having occurred.
One practical distinction matters when reading these records: a tropical declaration usually bundles wind, storm surge and inland rainfall flooding under a single incident, but the insurance behind them is split. Wind damage falls to property insurers, while flood and surge damage is covered only under a separate National Flood Insurance Program policy. That is why a county can show heavy declaration activity and a comparatively small NFIP claims record, or the reverse.
Declaration counts describe past federal action. They are a record of what was declared, not a forecast of future hazard probability.
Declaration Types
What DR / EM / FM mean
FEMA categorizes declarations as Major Disasters (DR), Emergencies (EM), or Fire Management Assistance (FM).
Emergency - 11 52.4%
of all 21 declarations
Major Disaster - 9 42.9%
of all 21 declarations
Fire Management - 1 4.8%
of all 21 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 1 | |
| 1998 | 1 | |
| 1995 | 1 | |
| 1993 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 2 | |
| 1966 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 21 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 21 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4830 | HURRICANE HELENE | DR | Hurricane | 2024-09-30 |
| 3616 | HURRICANE HELENE | EM | Tropical Storm | 2024-09-26 |
| 4821 | TROPICAL STORM DEBBY | DR | Tropical Storm | 2024-09-24 |
| 3607 | HURRICANE DEBBY | EM | Tropical Storm | 2024-08-05 |
| 4501 | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR | Biological | 2020-03-29 |
| 3464 | COVID-19 | EM | Biological | 2020-03-13 |
| 3422 | HURRICANE DORIAN | EM | Hurricane | 2019-09-01 |
| 3406 | HURRICANE MICHAEL | EM | Hurricane | 2018-10-10 |
| 4338 | HURRICANE IRMA | DR | Hurricane | 2017-09-15 |
| 3387 | HURRICANE IRMA | EM | Hurricane | 2017-09-08 |
| 4284 | HURRICANE MATTHEW | DR | Hurricane | 2016-10-08 |
| 3379 | HURRICANE MATTHEW | EM | Hurricane | 2016-10-06 |
| 2697 | HARVEYTOWN FIRE | FM | Fire | 2007-05-31 |
| 3218 | HURRICANE KATRINA EVACUATION | EM | Hurricane | 2005-09-05 |
| 3144 | HURRICANE FLOYD EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS | EM | Hurricane | 1999-09-14 |
| 1209 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 1998-03-11 |
| 1042 | HEAVY RAINS, TORNADOS, FLOODING, HIGH WINDS | DR | Severe Storm | 1994-10-19 |
| 3097 | SEVERE SNOWFALL, WINTER STORM | EM | Snowstorm | 1993-03-15 |
| 3044 | DROUGHT | EM | Drought | 1977-07-20 |
| 536 | SHRIMP LOSS DUE TO COLD WEATHER | DR | Freezing | 1977-06-02 |
Show 1 earlier declaration records
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 214 | FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1966-03-14 |
Storm Events in Georgia
Statewide NOAA context only. PlainHazard does not currently attribute these state totals to Bryan County.
| Storm Type | Events | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 9,617 | 15 | 75 | $65.4M |
| Drought | 1,363 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Hail | 1,257 | 0 | 0 | $61.8M |
| Flash Flood | 1,154 | 0 | 3 | $29.3M |
| Tropical Storm | 655 | 28 | 19 | $855.3M |
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database State-level aggregated data, 2015-2025
NFIP Flood Insurance Claims
Total Claims
283
Total Paid
$5.7M
Avg Per Claim
$20.3K
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA Claims Data
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall Risk
Relatively Low
Score: 66.6/100
Expected Annual Loss
Relatively Low
$33.0M/year
Social Vulnerability
Very Low
Community Resilience
Relatively High
Hazard Risk Breakdown
Hurricane Relatively High
Wildfire Relatively Low
Heat Wave Relatively Low
Coastal Flooding Relatively Moderate
Earthquake Relatively Low
Riverine Flooding Relatively Low
Tornado Relatively Low
Lightning Relatively Low
Cold Wave Relatively Low
Drought Very Low
Hail Very Low
Winter Weather Very Low
Strong Wind Very Low
Landslide Very Low
Ice Storm Very Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) Ratings reflect relative scores among all US counties. Data: hazards.fema.gov/nri
The model's sharpest exposure here: Hurricane
Hurricane exposure in the model bundles the three ways a tropical system does harm, which arrive on different timescales and are insured differently: wind, storm surge on the coast, and rainfall flooding that can reach far inland well after landfall.
For Bryan County the two measures on this page point the same way: Hurricane is the county's highest-rated modeled hazard (Relatively High), and Hurricane declarations also lead its federal record. Where the model and the declaration history agree, the reading is comparatively straightforward, the hazard is both expected and repeatedly realised.
National Risk Index ratings are modeled estimates of expected annual loss, not predictions of what will happen in any given year.
Data-matched county comparisons
Bryan County's closest FEMA peer: Tom Green County, TX
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields plus the National Risk Index composite for Bryan County. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Bryan County shows 21 FEMA declarations, led by Hurricane.
Similar Major-disaster share
Bryan County: 9 of 21 of its declarations are Major.
Similar modeled NRI score
Bryan County: NRI composite 66.6 (Relatively Low).
How these peers are chosen
Cohort: Published U.S. county equivalents outside the source state or territory. Each metric keeps six ETL candidates; three unique destinations are shown after de-duplicating across axes. Declaration-volume ranking combines count and Major-disaster share and prefers a different leading incident type; Major-share ranks the Major fraction adjusted for volume; NRI ranks the modeled composite score only.
Retained FEMA snapshot feed for Bryan County - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Bryan County: nearest out-of-state National Risk Index composite and nearest FEMA declaration count (floor ≥5 records). Record similarity only, not a forecast of the next hazard.
Similar NRI composite
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA NRI score. This county: 66.6 (Relatively Low).
Similar declaration volume
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA declaration count. This county: 21. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Understanding disaster data
Bryan County's NFIP claims file (283 claims) and FEMA declaration history measure different federal records - this guide separates them from modeled NRI risk.
More PlainHazard guides
- Most disaster-prone counties - U.S. counties ranked by FEMA declaration totals.
- Understanding disaster data - declarations vs storm events vs NRI scores.
- Preparing for natural disasters - household checklist (not county-specific advice).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most common disaster type in Bryan County?
The most common disaster type in Bryan County is Hurricane, with 9 declarations. Other disaster types include Tropical Storm (3), Biological (2), Severe Storm (2).
How does Bryan County's FEMA declaration record compare with the Georgia average?
FEMA lists 21 declaration records for Bryan County. That is 21% above the Georgia county mean of 17.4. Its count is also 1% above the national county mean of 20.7. A larger declaration history records more federal actions; it is not a forecast of the county's next hazard.
How many major FEMA disaster declarations has Bryan County received?
Bryan County has received 9 major disaster declarations, representing 43% of all 21 disaster declarations.
How many flood insurance claims has Bryan County filed?
Bryan County has 283 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims totaling $5.7M in payments, with an average of $20.3K per claim.
What was the worst year for disasters in Bryan County?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Bryan County was 2017, with 4 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1966 to 2024.
What is the FEMA National Risk Index score for Bryan County?
According to the FEMA National Risk Index, Bryan County, Georgia has an overall risk score of 66.6 out of 100 (Relatively Low). On social vulnerability the county rates Very Low; on community resilience, Relatively High. The Expected Annual Loss (EAL) score is Relatively Low, representing $33.0M in annualized losses.
Which natural hazard poses the greatest risk to Bryan County?
The top hazard flagged by FEMA's NRI for Bryan County is Hurricane (risk rating: Relatively High). Other significant hazards include Wildfire (Relatively Low) and Heat Wave (Relatively Low). FEMA's modeled event frequency puts hurricane here at roughly once every 3 years, drawn from 114 historical events on record. FEMA derives these ratings from historical event frequency, the assets exposed, and the community's vulnerability profile.
Data Sources & Methodology
Disaster declaration data comes from the FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 API, which includes all federally declared disasters, emergencies, and fire management assistance grants.
Storm event data is sourced from the NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025), which tracks significant weather events including thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and winter storms.
Flood insurance data comes from the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA claims dataset.
This data is provided for informational purposes only. FEMA disaster declarations represent federal response actions and may not capture all local emergencies or weather events.
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