Natural hazards · Brownfields

Brownfields, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brownfields comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Brownfields?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brownfields to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes19%Hurricanes17%Cold waves8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Brownfields faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Brownfields flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: East Baton Rouge Parish.

Disasters that hit Brownfields

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrownfieldsDeclared for East Baton Rouge Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

East Baton Rouge Parish has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Brownfields

Brownfields and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Centralmostly inland floodingVery high

Bakermostly inland floodingVery high

Brownfieldsmostly inland floodingHigh

Baton Rougemostly inland floodingModerate

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