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Natural hazards · Batesville

Batesville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Batesville comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 22 claims here since 1984. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Batesville?

45
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Batesville to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes32%Tornadoes22%Inland flooding19%Cold waves8%Heat waves7%Strong wind7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Batesville faces

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

Earthquakes

32% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 11% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Batesville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Batesville, from FEMA’s records.

22paid claims since 1984
$638Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19842026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Batesville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Panola County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

149storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Batesville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BatesvilleDeclared for Panola County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

2,698 households applied for aid $4.9M aid approved $2.9M to the City of Batesville for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

797 households applied for aid $326K aid approved $105K to the City of Batesville for repairs
2020

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

55 households applied for aid $58K aid approved
2019

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the City of Batesville for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $32K to the City of Batesville for repairs
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $21K aid approved
2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Associated Flooding

85 households applied for aid $97K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$5K to the City of Batesville for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$50K to the City of Batesville for repairs
Panola County has had 21 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. Batesville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Batesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Batesville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Batesville total about $3.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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