Natural hazards · Cecilia

Cecilia, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cecilia comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cecilia?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding19%Cold waves14%Tornadoes12%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Cecilia faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years 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 Cecilia flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Cecilia 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 Cecilia

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CeciliaDeclared for St. Martin Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

4 households applied for aid

2020

Hurricane Delta

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

10 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

21 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

St. Martin Parish has had 40 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. Cecilia 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 Cecilia’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Cecilia. 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.

Cecilia, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Cecilia?

What Cecilia faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Cecilia flood?

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Delta

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

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