Georgia landslide risk
159 counties scored 0 rated Very High
Gilmer County has the highest landslide risk in Georgia, scoring 95.9 out of 100 — rated "Relatively Moderate" by FEMA's National Risk Index.
| # | County | NRI score | Rating |
NOAA events 2016–2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gilmer County | 95.9 | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| 2 | Fannin County | 95.7 | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| 3 | Union County | 94.3 | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| 4 | Rabun County | 92.8 | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| 5 | Fulton County | 91 | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| 6 | Towns County | 90.3 | Relatively Moderate | 0 |
| 7 | Cherokee County | 83 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 8 | Hall County | 82.6 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 9 | Floyd County | 80.7 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 10 | Gwinnett County | 79.3 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 11 | Bartow County | 78.5 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 12 | Lumpkin County | 78.1 | Relatively Low | 1 |
| 13 | DeKalb County | 77.8 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 14 | Cobb County | 76.7 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 15 | Murray County | 75.6 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 16 | Walker County | 75.5 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 17 | Gordon County | 75 | Relatively Low | 1 |
| 18 | Pickens County | 74.4 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 19 | Forsyth County | 74 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 20 | Muscogee County | 73.8 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 21 | Catoosa County | 73.2 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 22 | Polk County | 72.1 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 23 | Whitfield County | 71.9 | Relatively Low | 1 |
| 24 | Bibb County | 71.3 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 25 | Chattooga County | 70.9 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 26 | White County | 70.3 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 27 | Dade County | 69.8 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 28 | Habersham County | 68.9 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 29 | Dawson County | 65.8 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 30 | Paulding County | 64.5 | Relatively Low | 0 |
| 31 | Stephens County | 60.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 32 | Richmond County | 60.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 33 | Douglas County | 56.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 34 | Banks County | 55 | Very Low | 0 |
| 35 | Haralson County | 49.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 36 | Carroll County | 49 | Very Low | 0 |
| 37 | Heard County | 47.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 38 | Stewart County | 44.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 39 | Harris County | 43.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 40 | Troup County | 41.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 41 | Marion County | 39.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 42 | Franklin County | 39.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 43 | Coweta County | 39.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 44 | Chattahoochee County | 39.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 45 | Monroe County | 38.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 46 | Houston County | 37.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 47 | Jones County | 36.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 48 | Walton County | 35.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 49 | Columbia County | 35.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 50 | Talbot County | 35.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 51 | Jackson County | 34.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 52 | Washington County | 34.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 53 | Sumter County | 34 | Very Low | 0 |
| 54 | Henry County | 32.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 55 | Burke County | 32.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 56 | Twiggs County | 32.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 57 | Upson County | 32.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 58 | Elbert County | 31.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 59 | Jasper County | 31.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 60 | Wilkinson County | 30.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 61 | Greene County | 29.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 62 | Baldwin County | 29.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 63 | Crawford County | 29.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 64 | Quitman County | 28.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 65 | Clarke County | 27.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 66 | Clayton County | 26.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 67 | Newton County | 26.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 68 | Madison County | 26.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 69 | Putnam County | 26.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 70 | Clay County | 26.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 71 | Hancock County | 25.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 72 | Rockdale County | 24.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 73 | Hart County | 24 | Very Low | 0 |
| 74 | Barrow County | 23.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 75 | Bulloch County | 23.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 76 | Taylor County | 23 | Very Low | 0 |
| 77 | Laurens County | 22.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 78 | Macon County | 22.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 79 | Meriwether County | 21 | Very Low | 0 |
| 80 | Jefferson County | 20.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 81 | Decatur County | 19.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 82 | Ware County | 19.4 | Very Low | 0 |
| 83 | Fayette County | 18.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 84 | Chatham County | 18.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 85 | Oconee County | 18.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 86 | Grady County | 18.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 87 | Screven County | 17.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 88 | Wilkes County | 17.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 89 | Butts County | 16.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 90 | Peach County | 16.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 91 | Randolph County | 15.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 92 | Effingham County | 15.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 93 | Dougherty County | 15.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 94 | Emanuel County | 14.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 95 | Lowndes County | 14.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 96 | Thomas County | 14.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 97 | Morgan County | 14.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 98 | Oglethorpe County | 14.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 99 | Spalding County | 13.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 100 | Lincoln County | 13.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 101 | Pike County | 13.4 | Very Low | 0 |
| 102 | Wayne County | 13.4 | Very Low | 0 |
| 103 | Bryan County | 12.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 104 | Glascock County | 12.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 105 | Lamar County | 12.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 106 | Camden County | 12.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 107 | Coffee County | 12.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 108 | McIntosh County | 12.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 109 | Mitchell County | 11.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 110 | Tattnall County | 11.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 111 | Early County | 10.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 112 | Toombs County | 10.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 113 | McDuffie County | 9.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 114 | Dodge County | 9.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 115 | Telfair County | 9.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 116 | Jenkins County | 9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 117 | Crisp County | 8.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 118 | Schley County | 8.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 119 | Pulaski County | 8.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 120 | Appling County | 8.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 121 | Webster County | 8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 122 | Evans County | 7.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 123 | Glynn County | 7.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 124 | Jeff Davis County | 7.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 125 | Charlton County | 7.4 | Very Low | 0 |
| 126 | Brantley County | 7.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 127 | Worth County | 7.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 128 | Colquitt County | 6.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 129 | Tift County | 5.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 130 | Dooly County | 5.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 131 | Taliaferro County | 5.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 132 | Warren County | 5.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 133 | Johnson County | 5.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 134 | Lee County | 5.3 | Very Low | 0 |
| 135 | Bacon County | 4.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 136 | Brooks County | 4.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 137 | Wilcox County | 4.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 138 | Berrien County | 4 | Very Low | 0 |
| 139 | Bleckley County | 3.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 140 | Calhoun County | 3.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 141 | Liberty County | 3.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 142 | Wheeler County | 3.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 143 | Montgomery County | 3.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 144 | Terrell County | 3.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 145 | Cook County | 3.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 146 | Pierce County | 3.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 147 | Candler County | 3.1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 148 | Treutlen County | 2.9 | Very Low | 0 |
| 149 | Ben Hill County | 2.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 150 | Long County | 2.8 | Very Low | 0 |
| 151 | Turner County | 2.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 152 | Seminole County | 2.5 | Very Low | 0 |
| 153 | Baker County | 2.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 154 | Lanier County | 2.2 | Very Low | 0 |
| 155 | Irwin County | 1.7 | Very Low | 0 |
| 156 | Atkinson County | 1.6 | Very Low | 0 |
| 157 | Echols County | 1.4 | Very Low | 0 |
| 158 | Miller County | 1 | Very Low | 0 |
| 159 | Clinch County | 0.1 | Very Low | 0 |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0, December 2025. Scores are 0–100 percentile rankings among all US counties. See the methodology page for definitions. Download the full CSV for all counties.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the highest landslide risk county in Georgia?
Gilmer County, GA has the highest landslide risk in Georgia, with a FEMA National Risk Index score of 95.9 out of 100 (rated "Relatively Moderate").
What causes landslide risk in Georgia?
Landslide risk covers expected losses from hillslope failures, rockfalls, and debris flows triggered by heavy rainfall, snowmelt, wildfire, or earthquakes. High scores concentrate in the Pacific Northwest, California coastal ranges, Appalachians, and Rocky Mountain foothills, where steep terrain combines with intense precipitation or seismic activity.