Natural hazards · Magee

Magee, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Magee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 26 claims here since 1980. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Magee?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Magee to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes23%Hurricanes8%Hail6%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Magee faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 75 years in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Magee flood?

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

26paid claims since 1980

$266Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19802026

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. Magee isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Simpson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

34storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Magee

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MageeDeclared for Simpson County only

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$116K to the City of Magee for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2,431 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved $729K to the City of Magee for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

15 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

Simpson County has had 25 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. Magee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Magee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Magee. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Magee total about $2.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.