Natural hazards · Sledge

Sledge, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sledge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sledge?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sledge to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes20%Drought16%Earthquakes15%Heat waves6%Cold waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sledge faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Sledge flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979

$123Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 2 claims, $62K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Quitman County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Sledge

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SledgeDeclared for Quitman County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

195 households applied for aid $838K aid approved $4K to the Town of Sledge for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

79 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

2015

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

24 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

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

194 households applied for aid $245K aid approved $10K to the Town of Sledge for repairs

2001

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Sledge for repairs

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