Natural hazards · Leakesville

Leakesville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leakesville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2009. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leakesville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding36%Tornadoes10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Leakesville faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Leakesville flood?

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

1paid claims since 2009

$20Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20092026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Leakesville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LeakesvilleDeclared for Greene County only

2020

Hurricane Zeta

186 households applied for aid $206K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2011

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

127 households applied for aid $503K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,185 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

145 households applied for aid $148K aid approved

Greene County has had 26 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. Leakesville 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 Leakesville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Leakesville. 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.