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Arnaudville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arnaudville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1980. 12 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Arnaudville?

62
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arnaudville to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding32%Hurricanes18%Drought15%Tornadoes13%Cold waves13%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Arnaudville faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Arnaudville flood?

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

10paid claims since 1980
$292Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Arnaudville 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. Landry Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Arnaudville

12 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ArnaudvilleDeclared for St. Landry Parish only
2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

22 households applied for aid $82K aid approved
2021

Hurricane Ida

87 households applied for aid $112K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Delta

196 households applied for aid $273K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Laura

55 households applied for aid $41K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

224 households applied for aid $113K aid approved
2012

Hurricane Isaac

23 households applied for aid $34K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

986 households applied for aid $815K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $28K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

558 households applied for aid $505K aid approved $17K to the Town of Arnaudville for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

9 households applied for aid $293 aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

141 households applied for aid $184K aid approved
2002

Hurricane Lili

$6K to the Town of Arnaudville for repairs
St. Landry 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. Arnaudville 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 Arnaudville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Arnaudville. 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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