Natural hazards · Ovett

Ovett, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ovett comes from hurricanes, 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 Ovett?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ovett to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes33%Inland flooding24%Tornadoes19%Cold waves6%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Ovett faces

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

Hurricanes

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Ovett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jones County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Ovett

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OvettDeclared for Jones County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $150K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

851 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Jones County has had 25 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. Ovett 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 Ovett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ovett. 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.