Natural hazards · Bogue Chitto

Bogue Chitto, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bogue Chitto comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bogue Chitto?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding22%Cold waves14%Hurricanes13%Earthquakes6%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bogue Chitto faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bogue Chitto flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Neshoba County.

Disasters that hit Bogue Chitto

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Neshoba County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Bogue Chitto itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Bogue ChittoDeclared for Neshoba County only

Neshoba 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. Bogue Chitto 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 Bogue Chitto’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bogue Chitto. 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.