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Natural hazards · Collinston

Collinston, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Collinston comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Collinston?

27
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Collinston to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes13%Heat waves9%Strong wind6%Everything else21%
By hazard

What Collinston faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places
Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 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 Collinston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Collinston isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Morehouse Parish.
Disasters that hit Collinston

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CollinstonDeclared for Morehouse Parish only
2020

Hurricane Laura

58 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

83 households applied for aid $137K aid approved
2012

Hurricane Isaac

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

19 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Morehouse Parish has had 23 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. Collinston 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 Collinston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Collinston. 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.

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