Natural hazards · Haughton

Haughton, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Haughton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 61 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Haughton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Haughton to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding33%Heat waves29%Tornadoes11%Ice storms8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Haughton faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 69 years in the area

Ice storms

8% 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 wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Haughton flood?

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

61paid claims since 1979

$2.5Mpaid to owners

11homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 18 claims, $1.3M

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bossier Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

65flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

4homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Haughton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HaughtonDeclared for Bossier Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $500 aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

114 households applied for aid $114K aid approved $37K to the Town of Haughton for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

285 households applied for aid $813K aid approved $55K to the Town of Haughton for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$4K to the Town of Haughton for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$2K to the Town of Haughton for repairs

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