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Mayersville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mayersville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Mayersville?

74
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mayersville to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding32%Drought31%Tornadoes12%Hurricanes5%Hail5%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Mayersville faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

31% of expected damage
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Mayersville flood?

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

8paid claims since 1983
$80Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19832026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K
  • Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $28K

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. Mayersville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Issaquena County.
Disasters that hit Mayersville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MayersvilleDeclared for Issaquena County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

114 households applied for aid $344K aid approved
2025

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

28 households applied for aid $156K aid approved
2019

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

6 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2011

Flooding

26 households applied for aid $35K aid approved
Issaquena County has had 20 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. Mayersville 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 Mayersville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mayersville. 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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