Natural hazards · Boyle

Boyle, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boyle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boyle?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boyle to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Earthquakes14%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Boyle faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Boyle flood?

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

1paid claims since 1983

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bolivar County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Boyle

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoyleDeclared for Bolivar County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

94 households applied for aid $211K aid approved $21K to the Town of Boyle for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

37 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

1998

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

$3K to the Town of Boyle for repairs

Bolivar County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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

Boyle, MS natural hazards

How exposed is Boyle?

What Boyle faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Boyle flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

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