Natural hazards · New Hebron

New Hebron, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Hebron comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Hebron?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes18%Hurricanes17%Hail6%Strong wind6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What New Hebron faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hebron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit New Hebron

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New HebronDeclared for Lawrence County only

2005

Hurricane Katrina

9 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

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