Natural hazards · Bienville

Bienville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bienville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bienville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bienville to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding34%Ice storms17%Tornadoes16%Heat waves11%Strong wind10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bienville faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

17% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Bienville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bienville Parish.

Disasters that hit Bienville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BienvilleDeclared for Bienville Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Bienville Parish has had 25 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. Bienville 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 Bienville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bienville. 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.