Natural hazards · Cheneyville

Cheneyville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cheneyville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1995. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cheneyville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cheneyville to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding31%Drought25%Hurricanes20%Cold waves11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Cheneyville faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Cheneyville flood?

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

8paid claims since 1995

$74Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19952026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $17K
Hurricane Delta: 1 claim, $20K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rapides Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Cheneyville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CheneyvilleDeclared for Rapides Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid

2020

Hurricane Delta

4 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

83 households applied for aid $68K aid approved $25K to the Town of Cheneyville for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $404 aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

168 households applied for aid $224K aid approved $89K to the Town of Cheneyville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

14 households applied for aid $10K aid approved $12K to the Town of Cheneyville for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$33K to the Town of Cheneyville for repairs

Rapides Parish has had 36 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. Cheneyville 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 Cheneyville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cheneyville. 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.