Natural hazards · Ferriday

Ferriday, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ferriday comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ferriday?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ferriday to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding24%Tornadoes16%Heat waves15%Cold waves14%Hurricanes10%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Ferriday faces

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

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 98 years in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Ferriday flood?

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

11paid claims since 1978

$137Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $1K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Concordia Parish.

Disasters that hit Ferriday

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FerridayDeclared for Concordia Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

122 households applied for aid $129K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

778 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved $22K to the Town of Ferriday for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$1K to the Town of Ferriday for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$33K to the Town of Ferriday for repairs

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