Natural hazards · Caledonia

Caledonia, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Caledonia comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Caledonia?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Caledonia to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves20%Tornadoes19%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Caledonia faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 22 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Caledonia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lowndes County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

199storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Caledonia

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CaledoniaDeclared for Lowndes County only

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

62 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Lowndes County has had 19 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. Caledonia 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 Caledonia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Caledonia. 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.