Natural hazards · Shuqualak

Shuqualak, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Shuqualak comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Shuqualak?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shuqualak to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding25%Tornadoes20%Cold waves12%Drought12%Hurricanes9%Earthquakes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Shuqualak faces

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

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Shuqualak flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Noxubee County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Shuqualak

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ShuqualakDeclared for Noxubee County only

2011

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

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

311 households applied for aid $226K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Noxubee County has had 17 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. Shuqualak 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 Shuqualak’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Shuqualak. 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.