Natural hazards · Raymond

Raymond, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Raymond comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Raymond?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Raymond to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding26%Tornadoes21%Hail17%Heat waves8%Cold waves6%Hurricanes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Raymond faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hail

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Raymond flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hinds County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

27storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Raymond

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RaymondDeclared for Hinds County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid $6K to the City of Raymond for repairs

2024

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

155 households applied for aid $228K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

8 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2011

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

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

940 households applied for aid $669K aid approved $69K to the City of Raymond for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

12 households applied for aid $33K aid approved $10K to the City of Raymond for repairs

Hinds County has had 21 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. Raymond 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 Raymond’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Raymond. 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.