Natural hazards · Leland

Leland, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 25 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leland?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leland to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes23%Earthquakes15%Cold waves9%Heat waves8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Leland faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% 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

15% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Leland flood?

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

25paid claims since 1979

$634Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 3 claims, $26K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $85K
Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $36K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Leland 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 Leland

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LelandDeclared for Washington County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

555 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

97 households applied for aid $131K aid approved $843 to the City of Leland for repairs

2011

Flooding

7 households applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

82 households applied for aid $181K aid approved $11K to the City of Leland for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid $68K to the City of Leland for repairs

1998

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

$51K to the City of Leland 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. Leland 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 Leland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Leland. 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.

Leland, MS natural hazards

How exposed is Leland?

What Leland faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Earthquakes

Cold waves

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Leland flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

Severe Storms and Flooding

Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

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