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Natural hazards · Marks

Marks, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marks comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 53 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Marks?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marks to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and tornadoes.

Earthquakes31%Tornadoes25%Inland flooding23%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Marks faces

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

Earthquakes

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once 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 Marks flood?

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

53paid claims since 1980
$556Kpaid to owners
8homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Tropical Storm Isidore: 2 claims, $9K
  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $5K
  • Hurricane Lili: 1 claim, $238

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Marks isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Quitman County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
7storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Marks

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarksDeclared for Quitman County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

390 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved
2020

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

1 household applied for aid $22K to the City of Marks for repairs
2019

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

$154K to the City of Marks for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

153 households applied for aid $415K aid approved $51K to the City of Marks for repairs
2015

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

136 households applied for aid $292K aid approved $49K to the City of Marks for repairs
2011

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

55 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $7K to the City of Marks for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$12K to the City of Marks for repairs
2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$28K to the City of Marks for repairs
Quitman County has had 17 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. Marks 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 Marks’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Marks. 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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