Natural hazards · Amite

Amite, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Amite comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1980. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Amite?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Amite to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes57%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Amite faces

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

Hurricanes

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Amite flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Amite, from FEMA’s records.

30paid claims since 1980

$1.8Mpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 15 claims, $936K
Mid-summer severe storms: 11 claims, $706K
Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $16K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tangipahoa Parish.

Disasters that hit Amite

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AmiteDeclared for Tangipahoa Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

31 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Tangipahoa Parish has had 35 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. Amite covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

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

FEMA’s expected losses across Amite total about $2.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.