Natural hazards · Beaumont

Beaumont, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Beaumont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 21 claims here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Beaumont?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Beaumont to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes28%Tornadoes12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Beaumont faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Beaumont flood?

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

21paid claims since 1980

$151Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 4 claims, $117K

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. Beaumont isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Perry County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Beaumont

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BeaumontDeclared for Perry County only

2017

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

5 households applied for aid $109 aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

102 households applied for aid $576K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

987 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

146 households applied for aid $219K aid approved

Perry County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

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. Beaumont 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 Beaumont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Beaumont. 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.