Natural hazards · Blanchard

Blanchard, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blanchard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blanchard?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blanchard to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding32%Heat waves23%Ice storms12%Cold waves9%Tornadoes7%Strong wind5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Blanchard faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Blanchard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Caddo Parish.

Disasters that hit Blanchard

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlanchardDeclared for Caddo Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Caddo 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. Blanchard 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 Blanchard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Blanchard. 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.