Natural hazards · Mize

Mize, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mize comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mize?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mize to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding34%Hurricanes23%Tornadoes14%Drought6%Cold waves6%Hail5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Mize 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

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Mize flood?

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

6paid claims since 1980

$27Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Smith County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

28storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Mize

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MizeDeclared for Smith County only

2025

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

24 households applied for aid $200K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$19K to the Town of Mize for repairs

2011

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

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

673 households applied for aid $586K aid approved $16K to the Town of Mize for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

1 household applied for aid $322 aid approved

Smith 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. Mize 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 Mize’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mize. 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.