Natural hazards · Cullen

Cullen, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cullen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cullen?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cullen to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes15%Strong wind12%Ice storms12%Heat waves11%Hail9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Cullen faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter 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 Cullen flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Webster Parish.

Disasters that hit Cullen

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CullenDeclared for Webster Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$5K to the Town of Cullen for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$28K to the Town of Cullen for repairs

Webster Parish has had 26 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. Cullen 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 Cullen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cullen. 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.