Natural hazards · Evergreen

Evergreen, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Evergreen comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Evergreen?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Evergreen to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and cold waves.

Hurricanes20%Cold waves20%Tornadoes18%Drought14%Inland flooding11%Heat waves6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Evergreen faces

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

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 5% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Evergreen flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Avoyelles Parish.

Disasters that hit Evergreen

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EvergreenDeclared for Avoyelles Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

17 households applied for aid $97K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

88 households applied for aid $69K aid approved

Avoyelles 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. Evergreen 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 Evergreen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Evergreen. 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.