Natural hazards · Deville

Deville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Deville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Deville to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves29%Hurricanes21%Inland flooding13%Heat waves12%Lightning7%Tornadoes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Deville faces

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

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Deville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rapides Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2homes raised above flood level

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Deville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DevilleDeclared for Rapides Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

31 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Delta

26 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

456 households applied for aid $219K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $63K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

513 households applied for aid $530K aid approved

Rapides Parish has had 36 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. Deville 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 Deville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Deville. 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.