Natural hazards · Falkner

Falkner, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Falkner comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Falkner?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Falkner to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and earthquakes.

Tornadoes27%Earthquakes24%Inland flooding21%Cold waves15%Heat waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Falkner faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Falkner flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tippah County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

19storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Falkner

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FalknerDeclared for Tippah County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

161 households applied for aid $435K aid approved $14K to the Town of Falkner for repairs

2015

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

15 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid

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