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Natural hazards · Converse

Converse, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Converse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Converse?

57
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Converse to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding39%Strong wind16%Tornadoes15%Hurricanes12%Heat waves8%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Converse faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Converse flood?

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

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConverseDeclared for Sabine Parish only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid
2020

Hurricane Laura

141 households applied for aid $55K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

7 households applied for aid $730 aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

2 households applied for aid
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2005

Hurricane Rita

177 households applied for aid $134K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid
Sabine Parish has had 22 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. Converse 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 Converse’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Converse. 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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