Natural hazards · Delcambre

Delcambre, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Delcambre comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 472 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Delcambre?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Delcambre to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes48%Inland flooding26%Cold waves7%Drought7%Coastal flooding6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Delcambre faces

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

Hurricanes

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Coastal flooding

6% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Delcambre flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Delcambre, from FEMA’s records.

472paid claims since 1978

$19.1Mpaid to owners

66homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Rita: 225 claims, $10.4M
Hurricane Ike: 172 claims, $6.8M
Hurricane Laura: 13 claims, $489K

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 2 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (10) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vermilion Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

4homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Delcambre

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DelcambreDeclared for Vermilion Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

31 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Delta

77 households applied for aid $98K aid approved $6K to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

59 households applied for aid $93K aid approved $29K to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

73 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

$6K to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

400 households applied for aid $679K aid approved $162K to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

287 households applied for aid $118K aid approved $25K to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,359 households applied for aid $7.4M aid approved $1.5M to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

14 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2002

Hurricane Lili

$31K to the Town of Delcambre for repairs

Vermilion Parish has had 33 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. Delcambre 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 Delcambre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Delcambre. 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.