Natural hazards · Artesia

Artesia, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Artesia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Artesia?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Artesia to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes19%Earthquakes15%Cold waves10%Drought6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Artesia faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Artesia flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Artesia.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Artesia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lowndes County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Artesia

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Artesia itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Artesia.

Brought FEMA money into ArtesiaDeclared for Lowndes County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

54 households applied for aid $21K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds

1 household applied for aid

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Lowndes County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Artesia is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Artesia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Artesia. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

Artesia, MS natural hazards

How exposed is Artesia?

What Artesia faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Cold waves

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Artesia flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

How to read this page

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