Natural hazards · Franklinton

Franklinton, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Franklinton comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 83 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Franklinton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Franklinton to be higher than in 89% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes50%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Franklinton faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 20 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Franklinton flood?

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

83paid claims since 1980

$1.7Mpaid to owners

15homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Isaac: 12 claims, $520K
Late winter severe storms: 10 claims, $574K
Mid-summer severe storms: 4 claims, $113K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

24homes raised above flood level

19buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Franklinton

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FranklintonDeclared for Washington Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

4,510 households applied for aid $5.4M aid approved $657K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

944 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved $53K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

1,189 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved $25K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

632 households applied for aid $426K aid approved $80K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

7,701 households applied for aid $14.6M aid approved $8.8M to the Town of Franklinton for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

$2K to the Town of Franklinton for repairs

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