Natural hazards · Darling

Darling, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Darling comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Darling?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Darling to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes20%Drought16%Earthquakes15%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Darling faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% 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 Darling flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Darling 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

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Darling

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DarlingDeclared for Quitman County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

40 households applied for aid $297K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $366 aid approved

2015

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

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2011

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

56 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

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