Natural hazards · Hollandale

Hollandale, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hollandale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2009. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hollandale?

35
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hollandale to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes19%Cold waves8%Heat waves7%Hail5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Hollandale 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 20% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

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

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce 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 Hollandale flood?

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

3paid claims since 2009
$62Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20092026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $50K

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. Hollandale isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.
Disasters that hit Hollandale

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HollandaleDeclared for Washington County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

703 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved $362K to the City of Hollandale for repairs
2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

37 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $20K to the City of Hollandale for repairs
2011

Flooding

29 households applied for aid
2008

Hurricane Gustav

32 households applied for aid $22K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $918 aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$34K to the City of Hollandale for repairs
1998

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

$9K to the City of Hollandale for repairs
Washington County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
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. Hollandale covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hollandale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hollandale. 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 Hollandale total about $665K 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.

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