Natural hazards · Cameron

Cameron, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cameron comes from coastal flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cameron?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cameron to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from coastal flooding and hurricanes.

Coastal flooding64%Hurricanes16%Wildfire8%Lightning5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Cameron faces

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

Coastal flooding

64% of expected damage

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

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Lightning

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Lower here

Inland floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Cameron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cameron Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18buildings retrofitted against wind

9homes raised above flood level

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Cameron

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CameronDeclared for Cameron Parish only

2020

Hurricane Delta

318 households applied for aid $421K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

1,374 households applied for aid $3.7M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

697 households applied for aid $5.1M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

146 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

2,290 households applied for aid $21.1M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

37 households applied for aid $55K aid approved

Cameron Parish has had 26 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. Cameron 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 Cameron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cameron. 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.