Natural hazards · Drew

Drew, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Drew comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 46 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Drew?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Drew to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves36%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes14%Earthquakes10%Drought7%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Drew faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% 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 Drew flood?

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

46paid claims since 1978

$441Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Drew 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Drew

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrewDeclared for Sunflower County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

465 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$5K to the City of Drew for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$8K to the City of Drew for repairs

1998

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

$2K to the City of Drew for repairs

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