Natural hazards · Maben

Maben, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maben comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maben?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maben to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes21%Cold waves17%Earthquakes8%Heat waves8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Maben faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 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 Maben flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Oktibbeha County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

54storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Maben

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MabenDeclared for Oktibbeha County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

7 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

19 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Oktibbeha County has had 15 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. Maben 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 Maben’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Maben. 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.