Natural hazards · Meridian Station

Meridian Station, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meridian Station comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meridian Station?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meridian Station to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves32%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes18%Hurricanes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Meridian Station faces

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

Cold waves

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Meridian Station flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Meridian Station.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Meridian Station isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Lauderdale County.

Disasters that hit Meridian Station

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lauderdale County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Meridian Station itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Meridian StationDeclared for Lauderdale County only

Lauderdale County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and tornadoes.

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. Meridian Station 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 Meridian Station’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Meridian Station. 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.