Natural hazards · Potts Camp

Potts Camp, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Potts Camp comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1991. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Potts Camp?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Potts Camp to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes25%Earthquakes19%Cold waves9%Heat waves7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Potts Camp 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

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

19% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Potts Camp flood?

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

3paid claims since 1991

$28Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19912026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

22storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Potts Camp

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Potts CampDeclared for Marshall County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

238 households applied for aid $680K aid approved $134K to the Town of Potts Camp for repairs

2015

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

7 households applied for aid

2011

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

1 household applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $10K aid approved

Marshall County has had 14 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. Potts Camp 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 Potts Camp’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Potts Camp. 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.