Natural hazards · Collinsville

Collinsville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Collinsville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Collinsville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Collinsville to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves34%Inland flooding31%Tornadoes17%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Collinsville faces

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

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Collinsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lauderdale County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

17storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Collinsville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CollinsvilleDeclared for Lauderdale County only

2017

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

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

792 households applied for aid $386K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

39 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

29 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

Lauderdale County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and tornadoes.

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