Photo: Natalie Maynor · CC BY 2.0Storms, floods and disasters in Woodville
Woodville isn’t graded for hazard risk: FEMA’s tract figures aren’t matched to Woodville yet. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2001.
What Woodville 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
Hurricanes
Tornadoes
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 Woodville flood? Rarely: 1 flood claim since 2001
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Woodville, from FEMA’s records.
- Tropical Storm Allison1 claim · $16K
Woodville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Wilkinson County.8 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Woodville
Disasters that paid out in Woodville itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Woodville), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2026Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding882 households applied for aid$3.4M aid approved
- 2021Hurricane Ida93 households applied for aid$82K aid approved
- 2021Severe Winter Storms$14K to the Town of Woodville for repairs
- 2012Hurricane Isaac208 households applied for aid$114K aid approved$24K to the Town of Woodville for repairs
- 2011Flooding127 households applied for aid$292K aid approved
- 2008Hurricane Gustav452 households applied for aid$180K aid approved$11K to the Town of Woodville for repairs
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- 2008Severe Storms and Flooding86 households applied for aid$74K aid approved
- 2005Hurricane Katrina1,182 households applied for aid$1.2M aid approved$54K to the Town of Woodville for repairs
Wilkinson County has had 26 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then hurricanes and tropical 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.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- 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.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Woodville
Does Woodville flood?
Flood insurance has paid 1 claim in Woodville since 2001, $16K in all. 1 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Tropical Storm Allison (1).
Is Woodville 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 Wilkinson County, 11% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.0% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Woodville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Woodville’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 Woodville?
By FEMA money that reached Woodville, Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding (2026): 882 households applied for aid, $3.4M approved. By flood claims, Tropical Storm Allison: 1 paid, $16K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Woodville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Woodville’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.