Natural hazards · New Augusta

New Augusta, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Augusta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Augusta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Augusta to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes28%Tornadoes12%Everything else15%

By hazard

What New Augusta faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 New Augusta flood?

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

13paid claims since 1979

$178Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaac: 1 claim, $6K
Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $39K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Perry County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit New Augusta

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New AugustaDeclared for Perry County only

2017

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

2 households applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

33 households applied for aid $95K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

452 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

21 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

Perry 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. New Augusta 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 New Augusta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Augusta. 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.