Environmental Rules in Pascagoula, MS (2026)

Flood Zones

Pascagoula is a high-hurricane-risk Gulf Coast city devastated by Hurricane Katrina (2005); large portions of the city are mapped in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas (Zone AE and coastal Zone VE) along the Mississippi Sound and the Pascagoula River. The City participates in the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) and the Community Rating System (CRS Class 7), and enforces a Flood Damage Prevention Ordinance (Ordinance No. 1-2009, adopted January 23, 2009), codified as Appendix C of the Code of Ordinances. FEMA's 50-percent substantial-damage / substantial-improvement rule limits cumulative repairs and remodels in SFHAs unless the structure is elevated.