Natural hazards · Saucier

Saucier, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Saucier comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Saucier?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Saucier to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes9%Wildfire6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Saucier faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Saucier flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Harrison County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10buildings retrofitted against wind

5storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Saucier

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SaucierDeclared for Harrison County only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

280 households applied for aid $1.7M aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

77 households applied for aid $307K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

504 households applied for aid $694K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

302 households applied for aid $283K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

55 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

4,954 households applied for aid $13.9M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

65 households applied for aid $113K aid approved

Harrison County has had 26 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. Saucier 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 Saucier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Saucier. 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.