Natural hazards · Center Point

Center Point, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Center Point comes from drought, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Center Point?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Center Point to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and hurricanes.

Drought28%Hurricanes21%Cold waves14%Tornadoes14%Inland flooding9%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Center Point faces

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

Drought

28% of expected damage

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Center Point flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Avoyelles Parish.

Disasters that hit Center Point

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Center PointDeclared for Avoyelles Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

4 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

117 households applied for aid $79K aid approved

Avoyelles 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. Center Point 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 Center Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Center Point. 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.