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Natural hazards · Egan

Egan, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Egan comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Egan?

90
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Egan to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes38%Inland flooding38%Drought8%Cold waves6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Egan faces

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

Hurricanes

38% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 18 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Egan flood?

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

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

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EganDeclared for Acadia Parish only
2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid
2020

Hurricane Delta

62 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Laura

103 households applied for aid $129K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

64 households applied for aid $154K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

12 households applied for aid $26K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

50 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

332 households applied for aid $284K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

10 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
Acadia 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. Egan 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 Egan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Egan. 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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