Natural hazards · Quitman

Quitman, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Quitman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2005. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Quitman?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Quitman to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes18%Hurricanes11%Cold waves9%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Quitman faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Quitman flood?

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

7paid claims since 2005

$198Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20052026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaac: 1 claim, $15K

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. Quitman isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Clarke County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Quitman

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into QuitmanDeclared for Clarke County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

2020

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

60 households applied for aid $91K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

142 households applied for aid $62K aid approved

2011

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

29 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,931 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

127 households applied for aid $65K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Clarke County has had 20 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. Quitman 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 Quitman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Quitman. 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.