Natural hazards · Tishomingo

Tishomingo, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tishomingo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tishomingo?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding29%Cold waves23%Tornadoes17%Earthquakes14%Heat waves8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Tishomingo faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Tishomingo flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tishomingo County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

53storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Tishomingo

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TishomingoDeclared for Tishomingo County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

65 households applied for aid $72K aid approved $9K to the Town of Tishomingo for repairs

2011

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

3 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Tishomingo County has had 15 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. Tishomingo 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 Tishomingo’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tishomingo. 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.