Natural hazards · Rawls Springs

Rawls Springs, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rawls Springs comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rawls Springs?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rawls Springs to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes23%Hurricanes17%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Rawls Springs faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 33 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Rawls Springs flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Forrest County.

Disasters that hit Rawls Springs

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Forrest County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Rawls Springs itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Rawls SpringsDeclared for Forrest County only

Forrest County has had 24 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

Around Rawls Springs

Rawls Springs and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Rawls Springsmostly inland floodingHigh

Hattiesburgmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Rawls Springs 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 Rawls Springs’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rawls Springs. 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.