Natural hazards · Convent

Convent, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Convent comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Convent?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Convent to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes61%Drought13%Inland flooding8%Tornadoes7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Convent faces

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

Hurricanes

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 9% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Convent flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. James Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings retrofitted against wind

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Convent

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConventDeclared for St. James Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

225 households applied for aid $641K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

558 households applied for aid $2.0M aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

60 households applied for aid $69K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

171 households applied for aid $220K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

371 households applied for aid $992K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

576 households applied for aid $877K aid approved

St. James Parish has had 31 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Convent

Convent and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Conventmostly hurricanesVery high

St. Jamesmostly hurricanesVery high

Moonshinemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Convent 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 Convent’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Convent. 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.