Natural hazards · Poplarville

Poplarville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Poplarville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Poplarville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Poplarville to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes63%Inland flooding13%Tornadoes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Poplarville faces

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

Hurricanes

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 70 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Poplarville flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Poplarville, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1993

$34Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19932026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pearl River County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

25storm safe rooms built

6buildings retrofitted against wind

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Poplarville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PoplarvilleDeclared for Pearl River County only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

192 households applied for aid $443K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

53 households applied for aid $100K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $101K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

407 households applied for aid $712K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

4,930 households applied for aid $8.9M aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

Pearl River County has had 29 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. Poplarville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Poplarville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Poplarville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Poplarville total about $2.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.