Natural hazards · Glendale

Glendale, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glendale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glendale?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glendale to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes19%Strong wind5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Glendale 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

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Glendale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Forrest County.

Disasters that hit Glendale

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlendaleDeclared for Forrest County only

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Forrest County has had 24 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. Glendale 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 Glendale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Glendale. 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.