Natural hazards · Redwood

Redwood, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redwood comes from drought, and overall the risk is high 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 Redwood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought57%Inland flooding16%Tornadoes10%Hail6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Redwood faces

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

Drought

57% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Redwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Warren County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Redwood

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedwoodDeclared for Warren County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

6 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2019

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

29 households applied for aid $103K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

2 households applied for aid

2011

Flooding

99 households applied for aid $115K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $88K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

66 households applied for aid $57K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

15 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

Warren County has had 27 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. Redwood 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 Redwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Redwood. 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.