Natural hazards · Puckett

Puckett, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Puckett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Puckett?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Puckett to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes15%Hail11%Cold waves8%Hurricanes7%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Puckett faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Puckett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rankin County.

Disasters that hit Puckett

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PuckettDeclared for Rankin County only

2005

Hurricane Katrina

24 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

Rankin County has had 19 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. Puckett 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 Puckett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Puckett. 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.