Natural hazards · Carlyss

Carlyss, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Carlyss comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 67 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Carlyss?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Carlyss to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes46%Inland flooding34%Tornadoes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Carlyss faces

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

Hurricanes

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 92 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Carlyss flood?

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

67paid claims since 1979

$1.9Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 15 claims, $576K
Hurricane Rita: 9 claims, $455K
Hurricane Delta: 5 claims, $296K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calcasieu Parish.

Disasters that hit Carlyss

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CarlyssDeclared for Calcasieu Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Calcasieu 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. Carlyss covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Carlyss’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Carlyss. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Carlyss total about $4.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.