Natural hazards · Tremont

Tremont, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tremont comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tremont?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tremont to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves41%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes15%Earthquakes6%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Tremont faces

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

Cold waves

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 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 Tremont flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Itawamba County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

12storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Tremont

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TremontDeclared for Itawamba County only

2019

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

$13K to the Town of Tremont for repairs

Itawamba County has had 22 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. Tremont 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 Tremont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tremont. 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.