15 flood insurance claims·$155,453 paid·5 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around Noxubee County, Mississippi. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
Flash flooding from heavy rainfall events dominates the flood risk profile in Noxubee County, accounting for 24 out of 31 recorded flood events over the last 30 years, alongside impacts from tropical systems.
Recent history illustrates this pattern. During a slow-moving storm system on June 10, 2021, flooding rains produced significant regional flooding with many homes and roads inundated. Heavy rains from slow-moving storms on September 4, 2022, brought additional flooding to eastern Mississippi. Furthermore, remnants of tropical systems like Tropical Storm Ida in August 2021 have brought high winds and heavy precipitation to the region.
National Flood Insurance Program records indicate that historical claims are concentrated in FEMA Zone A, which accounts for 10 claims with an average payout of $16,408 and an average recorded water depth of 3 inches. An additional 5 claims were filed under an unknown zone, averaging a $1,945 payout with an average recorded water depth of 1 inch. Homeowners and real estate agents with properties located within Zone A or low-lying areas prone to intense rainfall accumulation should pay the closest attention to this flood risk.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 2 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 1983, with 5 claims and $7,781 paid.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
16 NOAA storm reports from Noxubee County describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Mississippi flood stories →
21 federal disaster declarations since 1977, 5 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Hurricane Ida | Aug 28, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Flooding | Apr 12, 2020 |
| Severe Storms, Flooding, And Tornado | Dec 27, 2018 |
| Hurricane Isaac | Aug 26, 2012 |
| Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, And Associated Flooding | Apr 15, 2011 |
| Hurricane Gustav | Aug 28, 2008 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
31 since 1996: 24 flash floods and 1 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Jul 13, 2023 | $15,000 |
| Flash Flood | Sep 4, 2022 | $15,000 |
| Tropical Storm | Aug 30, 2021 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | Jun 10, 2021 | $30,000 |
| Flash Flood | Oct 5, 2021 | $3,000 |
| Flash Flood | Feb 10, 2020 | $10,000 |
| Flash Flood | Feb 10, 2020 | $20,000 |
| Flash Flood | Feb 10, 2020 | $1,000 |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Jul 13, 2023. A significant flash flood event unfolded during the early morning hours of July 13th into the late morning and midday. A corridor of 6 to 9 inches fell, with locally higher amounts, roughly from Ackerman to Louisville to DeKalb MS. Some of the most impacted areas were across Choctaw and Winston Counties. Multiple roads were flooded, washed out or closed. Many structures were flooded as well along with stalled or s…
Flash Flood · Sep 4, 2022. A few showers and storms developed across eastern Mississippi during the afternoon and evening of September 4th. These storms were slow moving and brought heavy rain to the region.
Tropical Storm · Aug 30, 2021. Major hurricane Ida made landfall as a strong category four hurricane around 11:55am on August 29 near Grand Isle, LA. It then moved very slowly north through south central Louisiana and into Mississippi on August 30. It then turned northeast and moved across the Jackson metro area as a tropical storm and into northeast Mississippi as a tropical depression through the early morning of August 31. Ida brought tropic…
Flash Flood · Jun 10, 2021. A slow moving storm system over the central United States produced another few rounds of thunderstorms with severe weather and flooding rains. Significant flooding occurred over portions of central and northern Mississippi, with many homes and roads flooded across the region.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in Noxubee County is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.