Natural hazards · Tylertown

Tylertown, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tylertown comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 47 claims here since 1983. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tylertown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tylertown to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding45%Hurricanes20%Strong wind11%Tornadoes10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Tylertown faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Tylertown flood?

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

47paid claims since 1983

$764Kpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 4 claims, $269K
Hurricane Isaac: 3 claims, $64K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Walthall County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

21storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Tylertown

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TylertownDeclared for Walthall County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

3 households applied for aid

2025

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

1,432 households applied for aid $9.1M aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

762 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$9K to the Town of Tylertown for repairs

2020

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

88 households applied for aid $157K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

1,047 households applied for aid $671K aid approved $31K to the Town of Tylertown for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

5,019 households applied for aid $8.8M aid approved $1.6M to the Town of Tylertown for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Floods

1,239 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

Walthall County has had 23 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. Tylertown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tylertown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Tylertown. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Tylertown total about $1.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.