Natural hazards · Soso

Soso, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Soso comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Soso?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Soso to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes27%Inland flooding27%Hurricanes20%Cold waves6%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Soso faces

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

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% 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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Soso flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Soso 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Soso

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SosoDeclared for Jones County only

2020

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

251 households applied for aid $737K aid approved $62K to the Town of Soso for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $258 aid approved

2014

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

2 households applied for aid $876 aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

920 households applied for aid $931K aid approved $20K to the Town of Soso for repairs

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