Natural hazards · Bourg

Bourg, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bourg comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bourg?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bourg to be higher than in 99% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes54%Coastal flooding18%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bourg faces

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

Hurricanes

54% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Coastal flooding

18% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bourg flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Terrebonne Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Bourg

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BourgDeclared for Terrebonne Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

40 households applied for aid $106K aid approved

2024

Hurricane Francine

259 households applied for aid $352K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,735 households applied for aid $7.9M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

30 households applied for aid $84K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

146 households applied for aid $235K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

149 households applied for aid $182K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

964 households applied for aid $633K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

417 households applied for aid $339K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

773 households applied for aid $687K aid approved

Terrebonne Parish has had 39 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Bourg

Bourg and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bourgmostly hurricanesVery high

Presquillemostly hurricanesVery high

Bayou Bluemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Bourg 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 Bourg’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bourg. 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.