Natural hazards · Vaiden

Vaiden, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vaiden comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vaiden?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding26%Strong wind22%Tornadoes16%Cold waves9%Earthquakes6%Hail6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Vaiden faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

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

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Vaiden flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$38Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

19storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Vaiden

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VaidenDeclared for Carroll County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

392 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $17K to the Town of Vaiden for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

275 households applied for aid $192K aid approved $148K to the Town of Vaiden for repairs

2019

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

$29K to the Town of Vaiden for repairs

2017

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

$35K to the Town of Vaiden for repairs

2011

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

11 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $28K to the Town of Vaiden for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $26K to the Town of Vaiden for repairs

Carroll County has had 19 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. Vaiden 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 Vaiden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vaiden. 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.