Natural hazards · Hayes

Hayes, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hayes comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hayes?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes37%Inland flooding32%Drought13%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Hayes faces

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

Hurricanes

37% 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 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Hayes flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calcasieu Parish.

Disasters that hit Hayes

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HayesDeclared for Calcasieu Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

2020

Hurricane Delta

34 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

235 households applied for aid $379K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

57 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

50 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

391 households applied for aid $998K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Calcasieu 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. Hayes 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 Hayes’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Hayes. 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.