Natural hazards · Prentiss

Prentiss, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prentiss comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1990. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Prentiss?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prentiss to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes19%Hurricanes17%Hail6%Heat waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Prentiss faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% 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 Prentiss flood?

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

2paid claims since 1990

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson Davis County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Prentiss

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrentissDeclared for Jefferson Davis County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

2 households applied for aid

2025

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

778 households applied for aid $3.8M aid approved

2020

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

217 households applied for aid $963K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

$3K to the Town of Prentiss for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2,302 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved $72K to the Town of Prentiss for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

$1K to the Town of Prentiss for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

504 households applied for aid $241K aid approved

Jefferson Davis County has had 24 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. Prentiss 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 Prentiss’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Prentiss. 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.

Prentiss, MS natural hazards

How exposed is Prentiss?

What Prentiss faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Hail

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Prentiss flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm

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

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Ivan

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

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