Natural hazards · Crowder

Crowder, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crowder comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1991. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Crowder?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crowder to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes23%Drought15%Earthquakes13%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Crowder faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

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

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Crowder flood?

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

1paid claims since 1991

$11Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Quitman County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Crowder

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrowderDeclared for Quitman County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

147 households applied for aid $342K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2011

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

6 households applied for aid $849 aid approved

2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$24K to the Town of Crowder for repairs

Quitman County has had 17 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. Crowder 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 Crowder’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Crowder. 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.