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Natural hazards · Dry Prong

Dry Prong, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dry Prong comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Dry Prong?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dry Prong to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes19%Heat waves10%Strong wind7%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Dry Prong faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places
Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Dry Prong flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Dry Prong isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Grant Parish.
Disasters that hit Dry Prong

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Dry Prong itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Dry Prong.

Brought FEMA money into Dry ProngDeclared for Grant Parish only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

20 households applied for aid $14K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Laura

775 households applied for aid $878K aid approved $24K to the Village of Dry Prong for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

56 households applied for aid $246K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

234 households applied for aid $129K aid approved $4K to the Village of Dry Prong for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $28K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid
Grant Parish has had 27 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. Dry Prong 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 Dry Prong’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dry Prong. 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.

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