Natural hazards · Elizabeth

Elizabeth, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Elizabeth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Elizabeth?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Elizabeth to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding39%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes12%Cold waves10%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Elizabeth faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Elizabeth flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allen Parish.

Disasters that hit Elizabeth

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ElizabethDeclared for Allen Parish only

2020

Hurricane Delta

10 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

241 households applied for aid $245K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

3 households applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

69 households applied for aid $57K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Rita

344 households applied for aid $290K aid approved

Allen 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. Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Elizabeth. 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.