Natural hazards · Choudrant

Choudrant, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Choudrant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Choudrant?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Choudrant to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding34%Tornadoes23%Heat waves12%Strong wind12%Ice storms9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Choudrant faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Choudrant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln Parish.

Disasters that hit Choudrant

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChoudrantDeclared for Lincoln Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the Village of Choudrant for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

209 households applied for aid $54K aid approved $38K to the Village of Choudrant for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $78K aid approved $37K to the Village of Choudrant for repairs

Lincoln Parish has had 24 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. Choudrant 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 Choudrant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Choudrant. 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.