Natural hazards · Pattison

Pattison, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pattison 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 Pattison?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pattison to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes29%Heat waves9%Hail7%Hurricanes6%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Pattison faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Pattison flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Claiborne County.

Disasters that hit Pattison

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PattisonDeclared for Claiborne County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

272 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

315 households applied for aid $386K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

25 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

Claiborne County has had 23 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. Pattison 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 Pattison’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pattison. 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.