Natural hazards · Dundee

Dundee, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dundee 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 Dundee?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dundee to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding26%Drought21%Earthquakes18%Tornadoes15%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Dundee faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% 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 Dundee flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tunica County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Dundee

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DundeeDeclared for Tunica County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

142 households applied for aid $791K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2011

Flooding

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

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

77 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

Tunica County has had 13 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. Dundee 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 Dundee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dundee. 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.