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Natural hazards · Branch

Branch, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Branch comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Branch?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Branch to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding31%Drought7%Cold waves6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Branch faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Branch flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Branch isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Acadia Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings retrofitted against wind
1homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Branch

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BranchDeclared for Acadia Parish only
2020

Hurricane Delta

84 households applied for aid $136K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Laura

62 households applied for aid $49K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

78 households applied for aid $373K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

16 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

118 households applied for aid $52K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

180 households applied for aid $119K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

5 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
Acadia Parish has had 29 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. Branch 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 Branch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Branch. 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.

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