Natural hazards · Weir

Weir, MS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Weir comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Weir?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Weir to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding24%Tornadoes24%Strong wind17%Cold waves10%Hail5%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Weir faces

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Weir flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Choctaw County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

32storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Weir

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WeirDeclared for Choctaw County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

2 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2011

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

15 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2010

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

120 households applied for aid $463K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

97 households applied for aid $60K aid approved

Choctaw County has had 15 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. Weir 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 Weir’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Weir. 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.