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Natural hazards · Bossier

Bossier, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bossier comes from heat waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 283 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bossier?

33
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bossier to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from heat waves and inland flooding.

Heat waves31%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes13%Ice storms10%Hail5%Everything else17%
By hazard

What Bossier faces

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

Heat waves

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Ice storms

10% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Bossier flood?

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

283paid claims since 1978
$4.5Mpaid to owners
39homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter severe storms: 44 claims, $750K
  • Spring storm: 2 claims, $250K
  • Mid-summer severe storms: 1 claim, $93K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (7) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Bossier is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Bossier Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

25flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Bossier

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BossierDeclared for Bossier Parish only
2021

Hurricane Ida

2 households applied for aid $7K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

491 households applied for aid $307K aid approved $395K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2020

Hurricane Laura

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $42K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

719 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $314K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1.7M to the City of Bossier for repairs
2012

Hurricane Isaac

$3K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$671K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2008

Hurricane Gustav

$316K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $42K to the City of Bossier for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$523K to the City of Bossier for repairs
Bossier Parish has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Bossier

Bossier and the towns around it

Red Chute: Moderate, mostly heat wavesShreveport: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEastwood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLakeview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreenwood: Low, mostly inland floodingBossier City: Low, mostly heat waves Bossier CityRed ChuteShreveport
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Red Chutemostly heat wavesModerate
Shreveportmostly inland floodingModerate
Bossier Citymostly heat wavesLow
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. Bossier covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bossier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bossier. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Bossier total about $13.9M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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