Natural hazards · Stoneville

Stoneville, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stoneville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stoneville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stoneville to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought22%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes8%Cold waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Stoneville faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% 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 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 Stoneville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Stoneville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StonevilleDeclared for Washington County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

5 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

2 households applied for aid $250 aid approved

Washington County has had 24 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. Stoneville 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 Stoneville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Stoneville. 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.