Natural hazards · Shannon

Shannon, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shannon comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is low 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 Shannon?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shannon to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes29%Inland flooding22%Cold waves18%Tornadoes16%Heat waves5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Shannon faces

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

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 36 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Shannon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

64storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Shannon

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShannonDeclared for Lee County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

179 households applied for aid $518K aid approved

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and High Winds

1 household applied for aid

Lee 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. Shannon 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 Shannon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Shannon. 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.