Natural hazards · Sharon

Sharon, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sharon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sharon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sharon to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes25%Hurricanes17%Cold waves6%Heat waves5%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sharon faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Sharon flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Sharon, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2018

$58Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Sharon 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 Sharon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SharonDeclared for Jones County only

2005

Hurricane Katrina

53 households applied for aid $18K 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. Sharon covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sharon’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sharon. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Sharon total about $1.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.