Natural hazards · Crosby

Crosby, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crosby comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crosby?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crosby 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 Crosby 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 Crosby flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Crosby 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.

Disasters that hit Crosby

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrosbyDeclared for Wilkinson County only

2026

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

83 households applied for aid $298K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

15 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

50 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

35 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

151 households applied for aid $154K aid approved

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