Natural hazards · Osyka

Osyka, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Osyka comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Osyka?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Osyka to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes21%Hurricanes19%Heat waves5%Drought5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Osyka faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Osyka flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pike County.

Disasters that hit Osyka

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OsykaDeclared for Pike County only

2025

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

104 households applied for aid $586K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

191 households applied for aid $365K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

209 households applied for aid $228K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

884 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

179 households applied for aid $178K aid approved

Pike 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. Osyka 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 Osyka’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Osyka. 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.