Natural hazards · Holcomb

Holcomb, MS natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Holcomb to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes17%Cold waves8%Earthquakes7%Heat waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Holcomb faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% 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 Holcomb flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grenada County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

45storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Holcomb

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HolcombDeclared for Grenada County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

216 households applied for aid $408K aid approved

2025

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

39 households applied for aid $99K aid approved

2020

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

1 household applied for aid

2011

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

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Grenada County has had 22 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. Holcomb 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 Holcomb’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Holcomb. 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.