Natural hazards · Noxapater

Noxapater, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Noxapater comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Noxapater?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Noxapater to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes29%Inland flooding19%Cold waves13%Strong wind9%Hurricanes8%Drought6%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Noxapater faces

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

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Noxapater flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Winston County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

14storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Noxapater

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NoxapaterDeclared for Winston County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$14K to the Town of Noxapater for repairs

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

74 households applied for aid $449K aid approved $3K to the Town of Noxapater for repairs

2011

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

4 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

155 households applied for aid $125K aid approved

1998

Severe Winter Storms, Ice and Freezing Rain

$1K to the Town of Noxapater for repairs

Winston County has had 14 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. Noxapater 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 Noxapater’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Noxapater. 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.