Photo: Chillin662 · CC BY-SA 4.0Storms, floods and disasters in Sidon
Sidon isn’t graded for hazard risk: Sidon has 186 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1991.
What Sidon faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Earthquakes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Sidon flood? Rarely: 2 flood claims since 1991
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Sidon, from FEMA’s records.
Sidon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Leflore County.4 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Sidon
Disasters that paid out in Sidon itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Sidon), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2026Severe Winter Storm217 households applied for aid$646K aid approved
- 2025Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding148 households applied for aid$708K aid approved
- 2011Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Associated Flooding25 households applied for aid$49K aid approved
- 2005Hurricane Katrina$3K to the Town of Sidon for repairs
Leflore County has had 21 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Sidon
Does Sidon flood?
Flood insurance has paid 2 claims in Sidon since 1991, $7K in all.
Is Sidon in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Leflore County, 16% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 5.1% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Sidon?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Sidon’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Sidon?
By FEMA money that reached Sidon, Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding (2025): 148 households applied for aid, $708K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Sidon.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Sidon’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.