Natural hazards · Grambling

Grambling, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grambling comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2016. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grambling?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grambling to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding30%Tornadoes25%Strong wind13%Heat waves13%Ice storms12%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Grambling faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 89 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

12% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Grambling flood?

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

2paid claims since 2016

$115Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 2 claims, $115K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln Parish.

Disasters that hit Grambling

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GramblingDeclared for Lincoln Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

258 households applied for aid $96K aid approved $35K to the City of Grambling for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

68 households applied for aid $17K aid approved $17K to the City of Grambling for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

$2K to the City of Grambling for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$15K to the City of Grambling for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$9K to the City of Grambling for repairs

Lincoln Parish has had 24 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. Grambling covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grambling’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Grambling. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Grambling total about $1.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.