Natural hazards · Corinth

Corinth, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Corinth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 44 claims here since 1994. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Corinth?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Corinth to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding32%Earthquakes24%Tornadoes22%Cold waves14%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Corinth faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Corinth flood?

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

44paid claims since 1994

$4.0Mpaid to owners

10homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 7 claims, $294K
Tropical Storm Isidore: 1 claim, $21K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alcorn County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

196storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Corinth

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CorinthDeclared for Alcorn County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1,879 households applied for aid $2.5M aid approved $5.5M to the City of Corinth for repairs

2019

Severe Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$3.9M to the City of Corinth for repairs

2011

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

11 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $18K to the City of Corinth for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

301 households applied for aid $755K aid approved $1.3M to the City of Corinth for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $230K to the City of Corinth for repairs

Alcorn County has had 14 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. Corinth covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Corinth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Corinth. 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 Corinth total about $5.9M 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.