Natural hazards · Bawcomville

Bawcomville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bawcomville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 32 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bawcomville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bawcomville to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes22%Heat waves14%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Bawcomville faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold 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 Bawcomville flood?

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

32paid claims since 1979

$1.0Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 16 claims, $828K
Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $10K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ouachita Parish.

Disasters that hit Bawcomville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BawcomvilleDeclared for Ouachita Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Ouachita Parish has had 32 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. Bawcomville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bawcomville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bawcomville. 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 Bawcomville total about $812K 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.