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Natural hazards · Anacoco

Anacoco, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Anacoco comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Anacoco?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Anacoco to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes19%Hurricanes15%Cold waves8%Everything else14%
By hazard

What Anacoco faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Anacoco flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Anacoco isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Vernon Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Anacoco

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AnacocoDeclared for Vernon Parish only
2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid
2020

Hurricane Laura

812 households applied for aid $391K aid approved $6K to the Village of Anacoco for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

152 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

34 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

41 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

49 households applied for aid $92K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

1,440 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved
Vernon Parish has had 28 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. Anacoco 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 Anacoco’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Anacoco. 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.

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