Natural hazards · McComb

McComb, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McComb comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McComb?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McComb to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes27%Hurricanes18%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What McComb faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 McComb flood?

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

29paid claims since 1978

$407Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Isidore: 6 claims, $116K

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit McComb

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McCombDeclared for Pike County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

6 households applied for aid

2025

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

610 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,065 households applied for aid $813K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

1,191 households applied for aid $536K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

6,496 households applied for aid $6.0M aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

2,052 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved

Pike County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

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. McComb covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to McComb’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of McComb. 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 McComb total about $5.0M 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.