Natural hazards · Nettleton

Nettleton, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nettleton comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nettleton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nettleton to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and tornadoes.

Cold waves34%Tornadoes21%Inland flooding16%Earthquakes8%Heat waves8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Nettleton faces

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

Cold waves

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Nettleton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Monroe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

217storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Nettleton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NettletonDeclared for Monroe County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

17 households applied for aid $39K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

61 households applied for aid $61K aid approved

2019

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

1 household applied for aid

2015

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

18 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2011

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

12 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$6K to the City of Nettleton for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Monroe County has had 22 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. Nettleton 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 Nettleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nettleton. 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.