Natural hazards · Farmerville

Farmerville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farmerville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1989. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farmerville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farmerville to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding42%Strong wind16%Tornadoes16%Heat waves10%Ice storms7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Farmerville faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Farmerville flood?

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

23paid claims since 1989

$390Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19892026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 3 claims, $89K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5storm safe rooms built

4buildings retrofitted against wind

2homes raised above flood level

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Farmerville

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarmervilleDeclared for Union Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $500 aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

747 households applied for aid $386K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

418 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $1.4M to the Town of Farmerville for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

16 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

$3K to the Town of Farmerville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$233K to the Town of Farmerville for repairs

1998

Severe Ice Storm

$12K to the Town of Farmerville for repairs

Union Parish has had 26 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. Farmerville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Farmerville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Farmerville. 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 Farmerville total about $1.3M 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.