Natural hazards · Clinton

Clinton, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Clinton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 60 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Clinton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Clinton to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding43%Hurricanes20%Tornadoes18%Cold waves9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Clinton faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Clinton flood?

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

60paid claims since 1979

$2.1Mpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-summer severe storms: 9 claims, $848K
Hurricane Gustav: 8 claims, $315K
Tropical Storm Allison: 5 claims, $80K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: East Feliciana Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9homes raised above flood level

3buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Clinton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ClintonDeclared for East Feliciana Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,323 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved

2019

Hurricane Barry

$7K to the Town of Clinton for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

550 households applied for aid $3.6M aid approved $208K to the Town of Clinton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

169 households applied for aid $201K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

666 households applied for aid $643K aid approved $65K to the Town of Clinton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved $19K to the Town of Clinton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,087 households applied for aid $932K aid approved $9K to the Town of Clinton for repairs

2001

Tropical Storm Allison

$33K to the Town of Clinton for repairs

East Feliciana 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. Clinton 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 Clinton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Clinton. 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.