Natural hazards · Clarks

Clarks, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clarks comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clarks?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clarks to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes18%Heat waves10%Strong wind9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Clarks faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Clarks flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Caldwell Parish.

Disasters that hit Clarks

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClarksDeclared for Caldwell Parish only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $14K to the Village of Clarks for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$43K to the Village of Clarks for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $49K to the Village of Clarks for repairs

Caldwell Parish has had 28 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. Clarks 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 Clarks’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Clarks. 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.

Clarks, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Clarks?

What Clarks faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Clarks flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

How to read this page

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