Natural hazards · Edgard

Edgard, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Edgard comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Edgard?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edgard to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and drought.

Hurricanes49%Drought23%Inland flooding10%Tornadoes8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Edgard faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Edgard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. John the Baptist Parish.

Disasters that hit Edgard

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdgardDeclared for St. John the Baptist Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

352 households applied for aid $937K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

985 households applied for aid $6.2M aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

518 households applied for aid $567K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

737 households applied for aid $722K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,325 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved

St. John the Baptist Parish has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Edgard

Edgard and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Laplacemostly hurricanesVery high

Reservemostly hurricanesVery high

Edgardmostly hurricanesVery high

Wallacemostly hurricanesVery high

Garyvillemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Edgard 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 Edgard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Edgard. 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.