Natural hazards · Oak Grove

Oak Grove, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oak Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oak Grove?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oak Grove to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding31%Hurricanes25%Tornadoes16%Heat waves10%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Oak Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Oak Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

Disasters that hit Oak Grove

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lamar County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Oak Grove itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Oak GroveDeclared for Lamar County only

Lamar County has had 20 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. Oak Grove covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Oak Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Oak Grove. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Oak Grove total about $702K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.