Natural hazards · Ball

Ball, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ball comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 2017. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ball?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding61%Cold waves12%Hurricanes10%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Ball faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Ball flood?

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

8paid claims since 2017

$136Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

20172026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Delta: 1 claim, $2K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rapides Parish.

Disasters that hit Ball

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BallDeclared for Rapides Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

15 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Delta

39 households applied for aid $67K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

620 households applied for aid $256K aid approved $165K to the Town of Ball for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

267 households applied for aid $119K aid approved $46K to the Town of Ball for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$205K to the Town of Ball for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$26K to the Town of Ball for repairs

Rapides Parish has had 36 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. Ball 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 Ball’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Ball. 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.