Natural hazards · Centreville

Centreville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centreville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2020. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centreville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centreville to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes11%Strong wind9%Lightning8%Cold waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Centreville faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Centreville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2020

$29Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20202026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilkinson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Centreville

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentrevilleDeclared for Wilkinson County only

2026

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

483 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

2021

Hurricane Ida

86 households applied for aid $99K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

146 households applied for aid $52K aid approved $17K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2011

Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

169 households applied for aid $126K aid approved $44K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

744 households applied for aid $760K aid approved $19K to the Town of Centreville for repairs

Wilkinson County has had 25 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. Centreville 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 Centreville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Centreville. 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.