Natural hazards · Dulac

Dulac, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dulac comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 24 claims here since 2002. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dulac?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dulac to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes71%Inland flooding14%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Dulac faces

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

Hurricanes

71% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Dulac flood?

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

24paid claims since 2002

$1.4Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 12 claims, $698K
Hurricane Rita: 8 claims, $650K
Hurricane Francine: 1 claim, $4K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Terrebonne Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

64homes raised above flood level

18flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Dulac

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DulacDeclared for Terrebonne Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

22 households applied for aid $66K aid approved

2024

Hurricane Francine

182 households applied for aid $885K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

596 households applied for aid $6.5M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

12 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

79 households applied for aid $86K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

379 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

390 households applied for aid $749K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

811 households applied for aid $3.6M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

456 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

7 households applied for aid

Terrebonne Parish has had 39 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. Dulac covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dulac’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dulac. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Dulac total about $1.1M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.