Natural hazards · Kiln

Kiln, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kiln comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kiln?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kiln to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes10%Wildfire6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Kiln faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kiln flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hancock County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

46storm safe rooms built

3buildings retrofitted against wind

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Kiln

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KilnDeclared for Hancock County only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

95 households applied for aid $341K aid approved

2024

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

132 households applied for aid $229K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

59 households applied for aid $144K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

192 households applied for aid $311K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

303 households applied for aid $169K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

86 households applied for aid $120K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3,110 households applied for aid $15.1M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

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