Natural hazards · Satartia

Satartia, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Satartia comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Satartia?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Satartia to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought27%Inland flooding24%Cold waves15%Tornadoes15%Hurricanes5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Satartia faces

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

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Satartia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Yazoo County.

Disasters that hit Satartia

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SatartiaDeclared for Yazoo County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2011

Flooding

17 households applied for aid $206K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

25 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

Yazoo County has had 24 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. Satartia 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 Satartia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Satartia. 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.