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Natural hazards · Cade

Cade, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cade 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 Cade?

89
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cade to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes54%Inland flooding26%Tornadoes7%Cold waves7%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Cade 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 · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 47 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Cade flood?

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

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CadeDeclared for St. Martin Parish only
2021

Hurricane Ida

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Delta

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $24K aid approved
2012

Hurricane Isaac

4 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

3 households applied for aid
2008

Hurricane Gustav

46 households applied for aid $50K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

95 households applied for aid $127K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $249 aid approved
St. Martin Parish has had 40 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.
Around Cade

Cade and the towns around it

Broussard: Very high, mostly hurricanesLafayette: Very high, mostly hurricanesYoungsville: Very high, mostly hurricanesCade: Very high, mostly hurricanes CadeBroussard
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Cademostly hurricanesVery high
Broussardmostly 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. Cade 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 Cade’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cade. 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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