Natural hazards · Florien

Florien, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Florien comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2006. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Florien?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Florien to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Hurricanes11%Tornadoes11%Strong wind10%Heat waves5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Florien faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Florien flood?

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

5paid claims since 2006

$114Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 2 claims, $19K

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sabine Parish.

Disasters that hit Florien

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FlorienDeclared for Sabine Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

13 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $5K to the Village of Florien for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

542 households applied for aid $223K aid approved $87K to the Village of Florien for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

37 households applied for aid $67K aid approved $60K to the Village of Florien for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

62 households applied for aid $31K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

28 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $4K to the Village of Florien for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $95K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

801 households applied for aid $594K aid approved $4K to the Village of Florien for repairs

Sabine Parish has had 22 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. Florien 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 Florien’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Florien. 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.

Florien, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Florien?

What Florien faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Florien flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

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