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Natural hazards · Mantachie

Mantachie, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mantachie comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mantachie?

64
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mantachie to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves41%Inland flooding27%Tornadoes11%Heat waves6%Earthquakes6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Mantachie faces

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

Cold waves

41% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

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 Mantachie flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999
$52Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19992026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Mantachie isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Itawamba County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

111storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Mantachie

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MantachieDeclared for Itawamba County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2025

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

24 households applied for aid $132K aid approved $90K to the Town of Mantachie for repairs
2019

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

$4K to the Town of Mantachie for repairs
2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

66 households applied for aid $340K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds

7 households applied for aid $84K aid approved
Itawamba County has had 22 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. Mantachie 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 Mantachie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mantachie. 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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