Natural hazards · Pachuta

Pachuta, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pachuta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pachuta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pachuta to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes19%Cold waves14%Hurricanes9%Lightning7%Drought6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Pachuta faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Pachuta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarke County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Pachuta

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PachutaDeclared for Clarke County only

2020

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

14 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

16 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2011

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

14 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

536 households applied for aid $503K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

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