Natural hazards · Hackberry

Hackberry, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hackberry comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Hackberry?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hackberry to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes32%Coastal flooding23%Lightning17%Inland flooding11%Wildfire8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hackberry faces

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

Hurricanes

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Coastal flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Lightning

17% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hackberry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cameron Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

30homes raised above flood level

7buildings retrofitted against wind

1buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Hackberry

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HackberryDeclared for Cameron Parish only

2020

Hurricane Delta

140 households applied for aid $479K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

650 households applied for aid $2.3M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

609 households applied for aid $3.8M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

94 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

951 households applied for aid $5.8M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

15 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

Cameron Parish has had 26 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. Hackberry 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 Hackberry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hackberry. 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.