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Natural hazards · Grand Cane

Grand Cane, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grand Cane comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Grand Cane?

40
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grand Cane to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding47%Strong wind12%Drought9%Tornadoes9%Heat waves9%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Grand Cane faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage
Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Grand Cane flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Grand Cane isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: De Soto Parish.
Disasters that hit Grand Cane

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Grand CaneDeclared for De Soto Parish only
2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid
2021

Severe Winter Storms

41 households applied for aid $59K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Delta

1 household applied for aid
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $2K to the Village of Grand Cane for repairs
2008

Hurricane Ike

1 household applied for aid
2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid
De Soto 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. Grand Cane 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 Grand Cane’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Grand Cane. 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.

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