Is Starkville safe? United States travel risk
Is Starkville safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Starkville scores 40/100 on our travel risk index (Moderate). The UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise normal security precautions. The US State Department does not issue advice for United States. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Starkville scores 40/100 (Moderate). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and United States (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Starkville: nearest emergency and transport facilities.
Driven by: security (35/100) and crime and scams (47/100).
A score of 40 is higher than 41% of the cities we score.
Consult the United States travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Geographically located in Mississippi (33.4608° N, 88.8297° W), Starkville sits 1,219.4 km NE from Washington at 101 m elevation.
Mississippi
33.4608° N, 88.8297° W
101 m
America/Chicago
25,611
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (United States)
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Most tropical cyclone events within 100 km of Starkville happened in September (1 of 1 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
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