Natural hazards · Sandersville

Sandersville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sandersville comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sandersville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sandersville to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding25%Hurricanes20%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Sandersville faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% 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 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce 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 Sandersville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jones County.

Disasters that hit Sandersville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SandersvilleDeclared for Jones County only

2020

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

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

295 households applied for aid $394K aid approved

Jones County has had 25 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. Sandersville 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 Sandersville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sandersville. 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.