Is Americus safe? United States travel risk
Is Americus safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Americus scores 36/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Americus scores 36/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Americus: nearest emergency and transport facilities, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 36 is higher than 32% of the cities we score.
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Geographic & Regional Coordinates
In the Georgia territory, Americus is established at 32.0736° N, 84.2248° W. It lies 1,000.7 km NE relative to Washington. Time zone observed: America/New_York.
Georgia
32.0736° N, 84.2248° W
131 m
America/New_York
15,910
Emergency & Aviation Access
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Natural Hazard Calendar & History
No GDACS or USGS events recorded within 100 km in the past five years.
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