Natural hazards · Hermanville

Hermanville, MS natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes25%Drought9%Hail7%Heat waves6%Hurricanes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hermanville faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hermanville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Claiborne County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hermanville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HermanvilleDeclared for Claiborne County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

438 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

3 households applied for aid

2011

Flooding

7 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

560 households applied for aid $625K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

16 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

Claiborne County has had 23 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. Hermanville 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 Hermanville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hermanville. 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.