Natural hazards · DeQuincy

DeQuincy, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in DeQuincy comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is DeQuincy?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in DeQuincy to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes7%Cold waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What DeQuincy faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 68 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 DeQuincy flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calcasieu Parish.

Disasters that hit DeQuincy

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeQuincyDeclared for Calcasieu Parish only

2021

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

18 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Delta

527 households applied for aid $477K aid approved $70K to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

2,979 households applied for aid $4.9M aid approved $6.0M to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

827 households applied for aid $229K aid approved $64K to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

710 households applied for aid $91K aid approved $14K to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

3,832 households applied for aid $7.9M aid approved $407K to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

26 households applied for aid $36K aid approved $12K to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$3K to the City of DeQuincy for repairs

Calcasieu Parish has had 29 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. DeQuincy 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 DeQuincy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of DeQuincy. 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.

DeQuincy, LA natural hazards

How exposed is DeQuincy?

What DeQuincy faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does DeQuincy flood?

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

Hurricane Delta

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Lili

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