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Natural hazards · Duck Hill

Duck Hill, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Duck Hill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Duck Hill?

70
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Duck Hill to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes17%Cold waves11%Drought6%Heat waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Duck Hill faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Duck Hill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Duck Hill isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Duck Hill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Duck HillDeclared for Montgomery County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

275 households applied for aid $521K aid approved
2025

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

180 households applied for aid $191K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

40 households applied for aid $11K aid approved
2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2011

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

4 households applied for aid
Montgomery County has had 16 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. Duck Hill 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 Duck Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Duck Hill. 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.

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