Natural hazards · Darrow

Darrow, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Darrow comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Darrow?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Darrow to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes66%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes10%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Darrow faces

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

Hurricanes

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 26 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Darrow flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ascension Parish.

Disasters that hit Darrow

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DarrowDeclared for Ascension Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

223 households applied for aid $509K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

583 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2021

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

192 households applied for aid $578K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

116 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

361 households applied for aid $544K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

84 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

335 households applied for aid $531K aid approved

Ascension Parish has had 44 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. Darrow 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 Darrow’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Darrow. 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.