Natural hazards · Stonewall

Stonewall, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stonewall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stonewall?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes21%Cold waves12%Hurricanes9%Lightning6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Stonewall faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Stonewall flood?

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

7paid claims since 1979

$30Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clarke County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Stonewall

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StonewallDeclared for Clarke County only

2020

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

20 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

59 households applied for aid $77K aid approved

2011

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

25 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

474 households applied for aid $362K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

56 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

67 households applied for aid $150K aid approved

Clarke County has had 20 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. Stonewall 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 Stonewall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stonewall. 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.