Natural hazards · Walthall

Walthall, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walthall 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 Walthall?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walthall to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding33%Tornadoes19%Drought13%Cold waves11%Earthquakes6%Heat waves5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Walthall faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Cold waves

11% 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 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 12 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Walthall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Webster County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Walthall

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalthallDeclared for Webster County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

1 household applied for aid

Webster 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. Walthall 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 Walthall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Walthall. 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.