Natural hazards · Fordoche

Fordoche, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Fordoche comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Fordoche?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Fordoche to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves36%Hurricanes19%Tornadoes16%Inland flooding14%Drought7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Fordoche faces

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

Cold waves

36% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Fordoche flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pointe Coupee Parish.

Disasters that hit Fordoche

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FordocheDeclared for Pointe Coupee Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

7 households applied for aid $59K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

148 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

2 households applied for aid $3K to the Town of Fordoche for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

244 households applied for aid $341K aid approved $56K to the Town of Fordoche for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$9K to the Town of Fordoche for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

56 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $560 aid approved

Pointe Coupee Parish has had 33 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. Fordoche 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 Fordoche’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Fordoche. 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.

Fordoche, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Fordoche?

What Fordoche faces

Cold waves

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Fordoche flood?

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Tropical Storm Arthur

Hurricane Ida

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

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