Natural hazards · Belmont

Belmont, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Belmont comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Belmont?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Belmont to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding49%Strong wind13%Tornadoes12%Hurricanes10%Heat waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Belmont faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Belmont flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sabine Parish.

Disasters that hit Belmont

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BelmontDeclared for Sabine Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2020

Hurricane Laura

24 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Rita

28 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Sabine Parish has had 22 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. Belmont 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 Belmont’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Belmont. 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.