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Natural hazards · Crenshaw

Crenshaw, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crenshaw comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Crenshaw?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding23%Earthquakes20%Tornadoes19%Cold waves11%Heat waves10%Strong wind7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Crenshaw faces

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

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Crenshaw flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011
$3Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20112026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Crenshaw isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Panola County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Crenshaw

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrenshawDeclared for Panola County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

171 households applied for aid $493K aid approved $55K to the Town of Crenshaw for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

22 households applied for aid $25K aid approved
2020

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

5 households applied for aid $23K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $31K aid approved
2011

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

90 households applied for aid $179K aid approved $10K to the Town of Crenshaw for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$5K to the Town of Crenshaw for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Crenshaw for repairs
Panola County has had 21 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. Crenshaw 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 Crenshaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Crenshaw. 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.

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