Natural hazards · Basile

Basile, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Basile comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Basile?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Basile to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding31%Cold waves21%Hurricanes17%Tornadoes15%Drought9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Basile faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Basile flood?

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

4paid claims since 1979

$82Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-summer severe storms: 1 claim, $2K
Hurricane Rita: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Evangeline Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Basile

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BasileDeclared for Evangeline Parish only

2020

Hurricane Delta

30 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

59 households applied for aid $58K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $28K aid approved $37K to the Town of Basile for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

303 households applied for aid $154K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1K to the Town of Basile for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

936 households applied for aid $657K aid approved $24K to the Town of Basile for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $7K to the Town of Basile for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$19K to the Town of Basile for repairs

Evangeline Parish has had 24 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. Basile 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 Basile’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Basile. 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.

Basile, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Basile?

What Basile faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Basile flood?

Biggest named events

What’s been done with FEMA grants

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Delta

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Lili

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