Natural hazards · Belle Rose

Belle Rose, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belle Rose comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Belle Rose?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belle Rose to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and drought.

Hurricanes49%Drought22%Inland flooding10%Tornadoes10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Belle Rose faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Belle Rose flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Assumption Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Belle Rose

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Belle RoseDeclared for Assumption Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

628 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,119 households applied for aid $2.7M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

281 households applied for aid $324K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

948 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

927 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved

Assumption 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. Belle Rose 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 Belle Rose’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Belle Rose. 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.