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Natural hazards · Lambert

Lambert, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lambert comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1998. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Lambert?

66
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lambert to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding28%Tornadoes23%Drought15%Earthquakes13%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Lambert 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
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage
Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Lambert flood?

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

4paid claims since 1998
$21Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19982026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lambert isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Quitman County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Lambert

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LambertDeclared for Quitman County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

349 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $39K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

$22K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
2020

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

$77K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
2019

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

$45K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

37 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $25K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
2015

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

20 households applied for aid $22K aid approved
2011

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

20 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$9K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$31K to the Town of Lambert for repairs
Quitman County has had 17 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. Lambert 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 Lambert’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lambert. 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.

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