Natural hazards · Braxton

Braxton, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Braxton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Braxton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Braxton to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes10%Heat waves8%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Braxton faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Braxton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Simpson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

21storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Braxton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BraxtonDeclared for Simpson County only

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

774 households applied for aid $575K aid approved $19K to the Village of Braxton for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

1 household applied for aid

Simpson County has had 25 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. Braxton 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 Braxton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Braxton. 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.