Wilkinson County, Georgia

What hazards hit Wilkinson County most?

The most frequent records are severe thunderstorm wind events: 100 since 1975. 44% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1975 fell in June and July. The rank column places the county among Georgia's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.

How many tornadoes has Wilkinson County had?

NOAA records 13 tornadoes in Wilkinson County from 1980 to 2022, the strongest rated EF2, with 0 deaths and 1 injury recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.

Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 13 tornadoes whose track touched Wilkinson County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 13, the same count); along their whole tracks they killed 0 people.

Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Georgia.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.

When was the last damaging storm in Wilkinson County?

The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the March 3, 2019 tornado ($52,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).

A National Weather Service survey found that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 105 mph and a maximum path width of 630 yards occurred in Wilkinson County. The same supercell thunderstorm that produced tornadoes in Crawford, Peach and Twiggs Counties produced a third tornado that touched down south of Toomsboro just west of Highway 112 near the intersection with Camp Creek Road. The tornado quickly reached EF1 strength, downing and snapping trees as it crossed Highway 112. The tornado continued northeast, reaching its maximum width as it crossed Highway 57. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted in this area. The tornado moved northeast through a very rural wooded area and reached the Dixie Kaolin Mine where the Emergency Manager reported numerous trees snapped or uprooted with some damage to the roofs of buildings at the mine site. …
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 810576)

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.

The deadliest and costliest records

A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.

Is it getting more frequent?

Records per decade for Wilkinson County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).

What time of year?

44% of its severe thunderstorm wind events since 1975 fell in June and July. The two busiest months are in violet.

Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.

Federal disaster declarations for Wilkinson County

FEMA's register lists 16 declarations that include Wilkinson County: 8 major disasters, 8 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for hurricane (7) and severe storm (3).

Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.

FEMA's modeled risk for Wilkinson County

FEMA's National Risk Index rates Wilkinson County Very Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $2.8 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.

Counties that share a border with Wilkinson County

1. Laurens County 560
2. Twiggs County 322
3. Washington County 307
4. Baldwin County 299
5. Jones County 289
6. Johnson County 258
7. Wilkinson County 248
8. Bleckley County 216

Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.

Next

• Tornadoes in GeorgiaEvery Georgia tornado since 1950 and the counties with the most per square mile
• Severe thunderstorm wind in GeorgiaThe state's severe thunderstorm wind events, by county, year and month
• The Georgia recordEvery hazard in the state, its deadliest events and its federal declarations
• FEMA's risk rating for each hazard in Wilkinson CountyThe hazard risk calculator: 18 hazards beside the county's record
• Download Wilkinson County's FEMA declarations (CSV)16 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis