Natural hazards · Kokomo

Kokomo, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kokomo comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kokomo?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kokomo to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes34%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes13%Hail8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Kokomo faces

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

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Kokomo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Kokomo

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KokomoDeclared for Marion County only

2025

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

113 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

57 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

551 households applied for aid $922K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

87 households applied for aid $95K aid approved

Marion County has had 29 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. Kokomo 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 Kokomo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Kokomo. 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.