Storm risk in Houston County, Georgia

FEMA's overall hazard score for Houston County, GA is 70.48 (Relatively Low), 929th of 3,144 counties. Hail scores 70.55 (Relatively Low), strong wind 66.73 (Relatively Moderate) and tornado 79.39 (Relatively Moderate). Expected hail loss is $13 per $1 million of buildings a year; NOAA logged 13 hail reports in Houston County, GA from 2014 to June 2026.

FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026. NOAA hail reports 2014 to June 2026.

Houston County: expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings for hail, strong wind and tornado, on a log scale, against all U.S. counties and the counties of GA$0.1$1$10$100$1,000Hail: $13 per $1 million, 1,909th of 3,126 rated counties$13Hail1,909th of 3,126 countiesStrong wind: $10 per $1 million, 2,182nd of 3,121 rated counties$10Strong wind2,182nd of 3,121 countiesTornado: $149 per $1 million, 1,829th of 3,144 rated counties$149Tornado1,829th of 3,144 counties
  • Houston County, GA, coloured by its FEMA rating
  • all U.S. counties
  • each county in the state
  • U.S. median
  • state median

Expected yearly loss per $1 million of buildings, log scale. Dot colour is FEMA’s rating band. The tornado lane counts everything exposed, not only buildings.

How FEMA rates Houston County, GA

HazardRatingScore (0 to 100)Rank in U.S.Rank in GA
OverallRelatively Low 70.48929 of 3,14425 of 159
HailRelatively Low 70.55927 of 3,12625 of 159
Strong windRelatively Moderate 66.731,047 of 3,12627 of 159
TornadoRelatively Moderate 79.39649 of 3,12630 of 159

Expected yearly loss, in dollars

HazardThis county, total a yearPer $1M of buildingsState median countyU.S. median countyRank per $1M, U.S.Rank per $1M, state
Hail$381,509$13 $13$22 1,909 of 3,12681 of 159
Strong wind$301,005$10 $13$20 2,182 of 3,121106 of 159
Tornado$4,355,241$149 $209$199 1,829 of 3,144127 of 159

Rank 1 is the highest. Overall, hail and wind losses count buildings; the tornado row counts everything FEMA exposes, so it overstates building damage. Expected annual loss is an average over many years for the whole county, not a forecast for one roof.

What stands out in Houston County, GA

  • FEMA expects hail in Houston County, GA to cost $13 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.58 times the U.S. median and 0.97 times the GA county median, ranked 1,909th of 3,126 counties nationally and 81st of 159 in Georgia.
  • FEMA expects strong wind in Houston County, GA to cost $10 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.51 times the U.S. median and 0.77 times the GA county median, ranked 2,182nd of 3,121 counties nationally and 106th of 159 in Georgia.
  • FEMA expects tornado in Houston County, GA to cost $149 per $1 million of buildings a year: 0.75 times the U.S. median and 0.71 times the GA county median, ranked 1,829th of 3,144 counties nationally and 127th of 159 in Georgia.
  • NOAA has only 13 hail reports for Houston County, GA in 12 years, too few for a trend; FEMA's 89 counted hail events cover a longer record.
  • Applying FEMA's estimate to a $205,600 home, the average yearly loss in Houston County, GA is about $2.69 for hail and $2.12 for wind before any deductible; at the U.S. median county rates it would be $4.59 and $4.19.
  • If the next years look like 2014 to 2025, a roof kept 20 years in Houston County, GA meets about 13.3 hail days of 1 inch or more; the median county in NOAA's file (1,275 counties) would give 35.0.
  • Built in 1994, the median home in Houston County, GA is 32 years old, so an original roof has outlived a 3-tab shingle (15 to 20 years) and an architectural one (25 to 30 years); 61.2% of its 68,336 homes are at least 26 years old.
  • March to June holds 7 of the 13 hail reports in Houston County, GA (54 percent); the quietest month is January, with 0 reports.

What hail and wind cost a home here in an average year

Enter a home value. The calculator applies Houston County, GA’s own loss rate: the county’s expected yearly loss divided by the value of its buildings. It starts at the Census median home value for the county.

$2.69hail, a year; $4.59 at the U.S. median county rate
$2.12strong wind, a year; $4.19 at the U.S. median county rate
$96hail and wind together over 20 years, at today’s rate

Formula: home value × Houston County, GA yearly loss ÷ building value. Hail: $381,509 ÷ $29,189,826,747 = 0.0000131. Wind: $301,005 ÷ $29,189,826,747 = 0.0000103. This is FEMA’s estimate of average damage to buildings and does not account for your deductible. Tornado is left out because FEMA’s tornado loss counts people and other exposure, not only buildings.

Read this as a yardstick. The rate is an average over every building in the county, from sheds to office towers, and over many years. Real losses come in rare, large storms; a roof with no damage in 19 years can need full replacement in the 20th. The figure is not a quote and not a prediction for one address.

Houston County, GA in plain numbers

  • Houston County, GA scores 70.48 in FEMA's overall hazard index (Relatively Low): 929th of 3,144 rated counties and 25th of 159 in Georgia.
  • Hail scores 70.55 (Relatively Low). FEMA expects $381,509 of hail damage to buildings in Houston County, GA a year, which is $13 per $1 million of buildings, 0.58 times the U.S. median.
  • Strong wind scores 66.73 (Relatively Moderate) with $301,005 of expected yearly building loss in Houston County, GA: $10 per $1 million of buildings, 0.51 times the U.S. median.
  • Tornado scores 79.39 (Relatively Moderate) and FEMA's expected yearly tornado loss is $4,355,241, counting everything exposed, or $149 per $1 million of buildings in Houston County, GA.
  • FEMA's own event record for Houston County, GA averages 2.35 hail events and 1.50 strong-wind events a year.
  • NOAA logged 13 hail reports in Houston County, GA between 2014 and June 2026, on 8 days with stones of 1 inch or more; the largest was 1.75 inches.
  • In Houston County, GA, FEMA counts buildings worth 29.19 billion dollars and 163,485 residents.
  • Social vulnerability is Relatively Low in Houston County, GA.
  • Community resilience there is Relatively High, for 163,485 residents.
  • 1 city in Houston County, GA is covered on this site: Warner Robins. 8 Census ZIP areas have more than half of their land in the county.
  • Our guide range for a 2,000 sq ft asphalt roof in Warner Robins is $6,160 to $13,640.
  • Houston County, GA ranks 126 of the 194 counties with a page here for hail loss per $1 million of buildings, 102 for wind and 130 for tornado.
  • In Houston County, GA, June is the busiest month with 3 of the 13 reports (23 percent), against 3 reports in December.
  • Houston County, GA's worst year was 2014, with 2 hail days at 1 inch or more and 3 reports. At the 2014 to 2025 pace that is 0.67 such days a year, one about every 18.0 months.
  • The median home in Houston County, GA was built in 1994; 29.6% of its 68,336 housing units date from before 1980, 61.2% from before 2000 and 17.3% from 2010 on.
  • Census puts the median home value in Houston County, GA at $205,600, and 67.1% of homes are lived in by their owners.
  • 11,827 single-family building permits were issued in Houston County, GA from 2014 to 2025, about 173.1 per 1,000 homes, peaking in 2022.
  • NOAA lists 10 tornado tracks in Houston County, GA since 2014; the strongest was an EF3 on April 5, 2022 near Bonaire, 3.89 miles long.
  • The fastest gust in NOAA's records for Houston County, GA is 83 mph on April 1, 2016 at Elberta.
  • The nearest county with a page here is Bibb County, 22 miles from the centre of Houston County, GA; its hail score is 82.70.
  • Across counties the median is one roofing firm for every 5,189 homes; Census counted 9 roofing contractor establishments in Houston County, GA in 2023, one for every 7,593 homes.

The hail record of Houston County, GA, year by year

NOAA logged 13 reports in Houston County, GA; hail of 1 inch or more fell on 8 days. With so few reports the yearly bars below are small numbers, and a single storm moves them.

Houston County: NOAA hail reports per year, 2014 to June 2026, with the number of days that had hail of 1 inch or more01232014: 3 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1 inch142015: 1 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0.75 inch152016: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch162017: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch172018: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch182019: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch192020: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch202021: 2 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.5 inch212022: 2 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.75 inch222023: 3 reports, 2 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.5 inch232024: 1 reports, 1 days at 1 inch or more, largest 1.25 inch242025: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch252026: 0 reports, 0 days at 1 inch or more, largest 0 inch26*
  • reports
  • days with hail of 1 inch or more
  • * 2026 runs to June only
Houston County: NOAA hail reports by calendar month, 2014 to June 2026January: 0 reports0JanFebruary: 0 reports0FebMarch: 2 reports2MarApril: 2 reports2AprMay: 0 reports0MayJune: 3 reports3JunJuly: 0 reports0JulAugust: 1 reports1AugSeptember: 2 reports2SepOctober: 0 reports0OctNovember: 0 reports0NovDecember: 3 reports3Dec

Reports by calendar month, all years together. Peak: June, 3 reports.

The same numbers as a table (years with at least one report)
YearReportsDays, 1 inch or moreDays, 1.75 inch or moreLargest stoneDamage reported
20143201 in–
20151000.75 in–
20181111.75 in$500,000
20212101.5 in–
20222111.75 in–
20233201.5 in–
20241101.25 in–

Biggest hail days in Houston County, GA

DateLargest stoneReports that dayDamage reportedNear
April 6, 20221.75 in2none recordedWarner Robins Arpt
March 19, 20181.75 in1$500,000Henderson
December 30, 20211.5 in2none recordedHouston Lake
September 7, 20231.5 in2none recordedHouston Lake
June 10, 20241.25 in1none recordedHenderson

Where large hail was reported

FEMA scores the county as a whole. NOAA’s reports show where inside Houston County, GA the big stones fell.

Reported hail locations, Houston County, GA

1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1 in hail1.25 in hail1.5 in hail1.5 in hail1.5 in hail1.75 in hail1.75 in hail Warner Robins
  • 91 to 1.74 in
  • 21.75 to 2.74 in, golf ball to tennis ball
  • 02.75 in and up, baseball

Largest plotted stone: 1.75 in. Bigger dots are bigger stones.

11 reports of 1 inch or larger have coordinates. Each dot is a reported location, not a storm path.

Sources: NOAA, Census county outline

Wind and tornado records for Houston County, GA

Fastest gusts in Houston County, GA

DateGustNear
April 1, 201683 mphElberta
May 25, 201469 mphHayneville
June 15, 201769 mphGrovania
February 12, 201969 mphPerry

Strongest tornado tracks in Houston County, GA

DateScaleLengthInjured / killedNear
April 5, 2022EF33.89 mi3 / 0Bonaire
January 21, 2017EF28.64 mi0 / 0Heard
March 12, 2026EF11.12 mi0 / 0Barrington
April 3, 2017EF15.88 mi0 / 0Centerville

10 tornado tracks in all since 2014; the strongest 4 are listed.

How old the roofs are

Census counts homes by the decade they were built. Under each bar is the number of hail days of 1 inch or more that an original roof from that decade has met, at Houston County, GA’s 2014 to 2025 pace of 0.67 such days a year. Most roofs have been replaced since; the row shows what a roof that never was would have taken.

Houston County: share of homes by decade built, with the hail days at 1 inch or more that an original roof from each decade has met at the county's 2014 to 2025 ratepre-1940: 1.5% of homes1.5%<1940611940s: 1.2% of homes1.2%1940s541950s: 5.5% of homes5.5%1950s471960s: 10.8% of homes10.8%1960s411970s: 10.5% of homes10.5%1970s341980s: 14.0% of homes14%1980s271990s: 17.6% of homes17.6%1990s212000s: 21.5% of homes21.5%2000s142010s: 15.7% of homes15.7%2010s72020+: 1.6% of homes1.6%2020+2

Bars: share of 68,336 housing units by decade built. Figures under the decade: hail days met by an original roof, at the county’s 2014 to 2025 pace. The pace of earlier years is unknown.

Median year built1994
Built before 198029.6%
Built before 200061.2%
Built since 201017.3%
Owner-occupied67.1%
Median home value$205,600
Single-family permits, 2014 to 202511,827
Permits per 1,000 homes173.1

Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) and 25 to 30 years (architectural). Source: Census ACS 2019 to 2023 and Building Permits Survey.

Roofers and past disasters in Houston County, GA

Roofing firms in Houston County, GA

Roofing contractor establishments, 20239
Change since 2016+5 (+125%)
Homes per roofing firm7,593
Median across counties5,189
Employees, 2023151

Source for Houston County, GA: Census County Business Patterns, NAICS 238160.

Nearby counties

The closest counties that have a risk page, by distance between county centres. Loss is per $1 million of buildings; the columns marked "times here" divide the neighbour's loss by Houston County, GA's.

CountyMilesOverallHail lossHail, times hereWind lossWind, times hereNOAA hail reports
Bibb County, GA22 Relatively Low $181.36$100.975
Muscogee County, GA70 Relatively Moderate $141.04$4.340.4214
Dougherty County, GA73 Relatively Moderate $3.730.29$272.5815
Clarke County, GA102 Relatively Low $272.04$7.700.7511
Richmond County, GA110 Relatively Moderate $8.580.66$212.0728
Cobb County, GA111 Relatively High $352.68$4.670.4526

More Georgia counties, nearest first

All 194 counties, with a filter by state and sorting

Cities and ZIP areas in Houston County, GA

1 city in this county is on PickARoofer. ZIP Code Tabulation Areas are Census shapes that approximate ZIP codes; where we have a city’s ZIPs, the share is the part of each area’s land that lies in this county. 8 such areas have more than half their land here.

CityZIP areas (share of land in the county)Pages
Warner Robins 31087 (0%), 31093 (100%), 31088 (100%), 31089 (0%), 31625 (0%) Roofers

Storm hit your roof in Houston County, GA? A free inspection tells you if there is damage. One local roofer answers, not five.

Start an inspection request

Questions

How high is storm risk in Houston County, GA?

FEMA's National Risk Index gives Houston County, GA an overall score of 70.48 (Relatively Low), 929th of 3,144. Hail scores 70.55 (Relatively Low), strong wind 66.73 (Relatively Moderate) and tornado 79.39 (Relatively Moderate).

In Houston County, GA, how many hail reports has NOAA logged?

A report is one entry for one storm in one county, so counts follow where people live as well as where hail fell. NOAA has 13 for Houston County, GA between 2014 and June 2026, on 8 days with hail of 1 inch or more; the largest stone was 1.75 inches.

What do hail and wind cost a home in Houston County, GA each year, on average?

Applying FEMA's county rates to its median home value of $205,600: FEMA's estimate is about $2.69 a year for hail and $2.12 for wind, before any deductible, against $4.59 and $4.19 at the U.S. median county rates. This is an average over many years and all buildings, not a prediction for one roof; one bad storm costs far more than the average year.

How does Houston County, GA compare with the rest of Georgia?

Per $1 million of buildings Houston County, GA loses $13 to hail a year, against $13 in the median county of the state. Among 159 rated counties it is 25th for hail, 27th for strong wind and 30th for tornado.

How old are the roofs in Houston County, GA?

The median home was built in 1994, 32 years ago, and 61.2% of the 68,336 housing units in Houston County, GA date from before 2000. Asphalt shingles are rated 15 to 20 years (3-tab) or 25 to 30 years (architectural), so an original roof of either kind is past its rated life. The Census does not record when a roof was replaced.

What does expected annual loss mean?

It is FEMA's estimate of the average yearly loss from a hazard, in dollars, summed over the county. It is built for comparing counties at planning level, not for pricing one house.

Does a high rating mean my roof will be damaged?

No. The index compares counties and cannot say what will happen on your street. After a storm, a roof inspection is the only way to know.

Sources for Houston County, GA: FEMA National Risk Index, version December 2025, retrieved October 8, 2026; NOAA Storm Events Database hail reports for Houston County, GA; Census Bureau ZCTA-to-county relationship file (2020); Census ACS and Building Permits Survey, homes in Houston County, GA; Census County Business Patterns, roofing firms in Houston County, GA. Planning-level information about Houston County, GA, not an inspection and not insurance advice.

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).