Natural hazards · Bonita

Bonita, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bonita comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2016. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bonita?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bonita to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Drought9%Tornadoes5%Hurricanes5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Bonita faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bonita flood?

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

1paid claims since 2016

$70Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $70K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morehouse Parish.

Disasters that hit Bonita

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BonitaDeclared for Morehouse Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

18 households applied for aid $73K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

97 households applied for aid $187K aid approved $31K to the Village of Bonita for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

10 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $16K to the Village of Bonita for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Morehouse Parish has had 23 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. Bonita 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 Bonita’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bonita. 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.

Bonita, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Bonita?

What Bonita faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Bonita flood?

Biggest named events

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

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