Natural hazards · Skene

Skene, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Skene comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Skene?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Skene to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Earthquakes14%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Skene faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Skene flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bolivar County.

Disasters that hit Skene

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Bolivar County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Skene itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SkeneDeclared for Bolivar County only

Bolivar County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Skene 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 Skene’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Skene. 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.