Natural hazards · Sallis

Sallis, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sallis comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sallis?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sallis to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding27%Tornadoes25%Cold waves11%Drought10%Strong wind7%Heat waves6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Sallis faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sallis flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Attala County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sallis

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SallisDeclared for Attala County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

229 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved

2011

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

19 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $45K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

261 households applied for aid $233K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

Attala County has had 18 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. Sallis 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 Sallis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sallis. 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.