Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 54 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clinton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes20%Hail14%Heat waves9%Cold waves6%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Hail

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Clinton flood?

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

54paid claims since 1979

$1.1Mpaid to owners

11homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hinds County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Clinton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for Hinds County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

3 households applied for aid

2024

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

499 households applied for aid $397K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$29K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $42K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2011

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

252 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $369K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $186K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,929 households applied for aid $768K aid approved $536K to the City of Clinton for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

31 households applied for aid $53K aid approved $43K to the City of Clinton for repairs

Hinds County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Clinton

Clinton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery high

Clintonmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Clinton covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Clinton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Clinton total about $8.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.