Natural hazards · Sidon

Sidon, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sidon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1991. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sidon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sidon to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes24%Earthquakes12%Cold waves7%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Sidon faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Sidon flood?

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

2paid claims since 1991

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19912026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Leflore County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sidon

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SidonDeclared for Leflore County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

217 households applied for aid $645K aid approved

2025

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

148 households applied for aid $708K aid approved

2011

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

25 households applied for aid $49K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$3K to the Town of Sidon for repairs

Leflore County has had 21 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. Sidon 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 Sidon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Sidon. 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.