Natural hazards · Doddsville

Doddsville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Doddsville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1991. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Doddsville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Doddsville to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves29%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes13%Drought9%Earthquakes8%Heat waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Doddsville faces

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

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times 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 Doddsville flood?

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

1paid claims since 1991

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sunflower County.

Disasters that hit Doddsville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DoddsvilleDeclared for Sunflower County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

35 households applied for aid $133K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2011

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

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

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