Natural hazards · Panther Burn

Panther Burn, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Panther Burn comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Panther Burn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Panther Burn to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought36%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes13%Cold waves7%Hurricanes6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Panther Burn faces

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

Drought

36% of expected damage

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Panther Burn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sharkey County.

Disasters that hit Panther Burn

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Panther BurnDeclared for Sharkey County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

22 households applied for aid $183K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

6 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2011

Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Sharkey County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Panther Burn 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 Panther Burn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Panther Burn. 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.