Natural hazards · Fenton

Fenton, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fenton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fenton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fenton to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding36%Hurricanes34%Drought11%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Fenton faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 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 Fenton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson Davis Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Fenton

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FentonDeclared for Jefferson Davis Parish only

2020

Hurricane Delta

34 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

141 households applied for aid $256K aid approved $222K to the Village of Fenton for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

40 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

64 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Rita

237 households applied for aid $469K aid approved $17K to the Village of Fenton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2002

Hurricane Lili

$1K to the Village of Fenton for repairs

Jefferson Davis 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. Fenton 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 Fenton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Fenton. 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.

Fenton, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Fenton?

What Fenton faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Drought

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Fenton flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Delta

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Lili

How to read this page

Where to, neighbor?

Matches

Nearby