Natural hazards · Van Vleet

Van Vleet, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Van Vleet comes from inland flooding, 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 Van Vleet?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Van Vleet to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding21%Tornadoes16%Drought15%Cold waves13%Earthquakes11%Strong wind11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Van Vleet faces

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Van Vleet flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chickasaw County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Van Vleet

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Van Vleet itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Van Vleet.

Brought FEMA money into Van VleetDeclared for Chickasaw County only

2011

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

1 household applied for aid

Chickasaw County has had 18 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. Van Vleet 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 Van Vleet’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Van Vleet. 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.