Natural hazards · Moselle

Moselle, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Moselle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Moselle?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Moselle to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes18%Cold waves5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Moselle faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year 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 Moselle flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jones County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Moselle

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MoselleDeclared for Jones County only

2020

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

6 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

8 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,104 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved

Jones County has had 25 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. Moselle 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 Moselle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Moselle. 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.