Natural hazards · Amelia

Amelia, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amelia comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Amelia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amelia to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes44%Coastal flooding43%Inland flooding6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Amelia faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Coastal flooding

43% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Amelia flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Amelia.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Amelia isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: St. Mary Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Amelia

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Amelia itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Amelia.

Brought FEMA money into AmeliaDeclared for St. Mary Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

45 households applied for aid $196K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

50 households applied for aid $141K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

27 households applied for aid $29K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

35 households applied for aid $80K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

148 households applied for aid $157K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

166 households applied for aid $235K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

153 households applied for aid $242K aid approved

St. Mary Parish has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Amelia is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Amelia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Amelia. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.