Mitchell County, GA Environment & Hazard Risk

• HurricaneRelatively Moderate$4.9M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 5 years
• TornadoRelatively Moderate$2.9M/yr expected annual loss, about once every 3 years
• DroughtRelatively Moderate$559K/yr expected annual loss, about 37 events a year
• LightningRelatively Moderate$245K/yr expected annual loss, about 71 events a year
• Cold waveRelatively Low$1M/yr expected annual loss, about 1.8 events a year
• HailRelatively Low$256K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.3 events a year
• WildfireVery Low$45K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 1,502 years
• Heat waveRelatively Low$232K/yr expected annual loss, about 5.0 events a year
• Strong windRelatively Low$342K/yr expected annual loss, about 1.6 events a year
• EarthquakeVery Low$163K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 826 years
• Winter weatherVery Low$11.8K/yr expected annual loss, about once every 2 years
• Ice stormVery Low$6,119/yr expected annual loss, about once every 18 years
• LandslideVery Low$22/yr expected annual loss, about once every 15 years

Bars show the national percentile score (0 to 100) for each hazard. Dollar figures are expected annual losses to buildings, people and crops. Not rated here: avalanche, coastal flooding, riverine flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity.

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Homes with flood insurance

142 of 9,402 (1.5%)

Homes in high-risk flood zones

921

Insured in high-risk zones

122 (13%)

Flood claims since 1978

100

Claims paid since 1978

$2.1M

• Thunderstorm Wind177
• Drought47
• Flash Flood30
• Hail25
• Tornado14 · 16 deaths
• Tropical Storm11
• Lightning7
• Flood7
• Excessive Heat4
• Winter Weather2

• TornadoF3, 9.2 mi path, 300 yd wide02/14/2000

  Camilla, Mitchell County

  11 deaths, 175 injured, $22M damage

  What happened

  A strong tornado tore through two major subdivisions and four mobile home parks just south of Camilla after touching down just east of Branchville. Damage assessments from the American Red Cross and Federal Emergency Management Agency reported 200 homes destroyed and 250 homes were damaged. Two miles south of Camilla on GA Highway 112, a large trailer manufacturing plant was destroyed. Eleven fatalities were confirmed by the Georgia Emergency Management Agency, all of which resided in mobile homes. Approximately 175 persons were injured. The American Red Cross and Salvation Army opened several shelters for the homeless. Hundreds of acres of pecan trees were uprooted, pine trees snapped, and power lines toppled. Numerous irrigation systems were damaged. Property damage estimates totalled $20 million with crop losses estimated at $2 million. Mitchell County was declared a federal disaster area. Reported by the Mitchell County EMA.

• TornadoF3, 19 mi path, 600 yd wide03/20/2003

  Camilla, Mitchell County

  4 deaths, 200 injured, $6M damage

  What happened

  An F2 tornado touched down near Branchville, and traveled northeast. Its path was similar to the February 14, 2000 tornado. The tornado intensified to F3 as it passed just south of Camilla, then weakened as it neared the Mitchell-Worth County line. The tornado destroyed 66 homes, and damaged 200 homes and businesses. Numerous trees and power lines were down. At least three dozen roads were closed by debris. The tornado claimed four lives and injured 200. The hardest hit area was in the Goodson Road area of Camilla. A state of emergency was declared for Mitchell County. Reported by the Mitchell County EMA and CAP/NWS aerial survey team.

• Hurricane (Typhoon)10/10/2018

  Mitchell

  $161M damage

  What happened

  Hurricane Michael started as typical weak October Caribbean tropical system. However, after approximately a week of slow development, the system moved into warm Gulf of Mexico waters and rapidly intensified into a major hurricane as it moved north towards the Florida Panhandle. After a 2-day long intensification period over the eastern Gulf, Michael made landfall as an unprecedented (for the region) high-end category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale in the Florida Panhandle with maximum sustained wind speed of 155 mph and a minimum pressure 919 mb. Based on wind, Michael is the fourth most powerful hurricane to hit the United States, behind the Labor Day Hurricane (1935), Hurricane Camille (1969) and Hurricane Andrew (1992), and the most powerful storm to impact the Florida Panhandle in recorded history. Based on central pressure, Michael is the third most powerful hurricane to hit the United States, behind only the Labor Day Hurricane (1935) and Hurricane Camille (1969). The storm caused catastrophic damage from wind and storm surge, particularly in the Panama City Beach to Mexico Beach to Cape San Blas areas. The widespread catastrophic damage spread...

• TornadoF3, 4.5 mi path, 300 yd wide02/14/2000

  Camilla, Mitchell County

  1 death, 1 injured, $1M damage

  What happened

  A strong tornado tracked northeast from extreme northwest Thomas County into extreme southeastMitchell County. Numerous homes were damaged as well as downed trees and power lines. One man died from injuries sustained when the tornado destroyed his mobile home and neighboring woodframe home two miles north of Meigs. Reported by the Mitchell County EMA.

• Frost/Freeze03/16/2017

  Mitchell

  $7.9M damage

  What happened

  A late season freeze occurred across the tri-state area on the morning of March 16th. Across Georgia, as much as 80 percent of the blueberry crop was lost. The annual blueberry farm value is over $255 million, so the loss is estimated at 80 percent of that, or around $204 million. However, economic losses could be higher than that.

• Tropical Storm09/11/2017

  Mitchell

  $7.7M damage

  What happened

  Hurricane Irma brought numerous impacts to the Florida Big Bend, southwest Georgia and southeast Alabama including widespread downed trees and power lines, roads blocked by trees, power outages, and trees on homes. Two people died during the event - one due to a car crash (Liberty County, FL) and another that had a heart attack (Worth County, GA). Two indirect deaths occurred due to carbon monoxide from a generator (Taylor County, FL). While many counties across the Florida Big Bend and southwest Georgia were impacted, the greatest impacts were across the eastern portion of the area near the I-75 corridor. There were over 6.5 million customers without power in Florida, over 930,000 customers without power in Georgia, and over 45,000 customers without power in Alabama. Total damage cost for each county was estimated when figures were not available.||Seminole county reported $150,000 in damage to structures, trees, and power lines. There were 42 evacuated locals and 74 evacuees from Florida.||Mitchell county reported 200 trees downed onto roadways and power lines. There was little known property damage. However, agricultural damage may have been significant to pecans and...

• CamillaServes 6,428 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations
• PelhamServes 4,007 · Groundwater · Local government7 health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Mitchell County Water SystemServes 2,050 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+3 monitoring or reporting
• BacontonServes 1,202 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+4 monitoring or reporting
• Sale CityServes 518 · Groundwater · Local governmentNo health violations+9 monitoring or reporting
• Bowen Mobile Home ParkServes 81 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations
• Hinsonton Water AssociationServes 57 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations+1 monitoring or reporting
• Boynton Grove MhpServes 46 · Groundwater · PrivateNo health violations