Natural hazards · Brusly

Brusly, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brusly comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brusly?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brusly to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and tornadoes.

Cold waves24%Tornadoes23%Hurricanes22%Inland flooding15%Heat waves6%Drought5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Brusly faces

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

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Brusly flood?

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

13paid claims since 1980

$178Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Katrina: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: West Baton Rouge Parish.

Disasters that hit Brusly

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BruslyDeclared for West Baton Rouge Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

622 households applied for aid $252K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $8K to the Town of Brusly for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

63 households applied for aid $42K aid approved $2K to the Town of Brusly for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

563 households applied for aid $582K aid approved $35K to the Town of Brusly for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

125 households applied for aid $78K aid approved $2K to the Town of Brusly for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

408 households applied for aid $444K aid approved $2K to the Town of Brusly for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

104 households applied for aid $84K aid approved

2002

Hurricane Lili

$10K to the Town of Brusly for repairs

West Baton Rouge Parish has had 25 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. Brusly 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 Brusly’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brusly. 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.

Brusly, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Brusly?

What Brusly faces

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Brusly flood?

Biggest named events

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Ida

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Lili

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