Natural hazards · Ellisville

Ellisville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ellisville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1990. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ellisville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ellisville to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding28%Hurricanes24%Tornadoes22%Cold waves6%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ellisville faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ellisville flood?

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

7paid claims since 1990

$82Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19902026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jones County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Ellisville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EllisvilleDeclared for Jones County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

2020

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

26 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $9K to the City of Ellisville for repairs

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

14 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3,900 households applied for aid $4.4M aid approved $866K to the City of Ellisville for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

$10K to the City of Ellisville for repairs

Jones County has had 25 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

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. Ellisville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ellisville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ellisville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Ellisville total about $1.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.