Natural hazards · Heflin

Heflin, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Heflin comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Heflin?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Heflin to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes13%Heat waves13%Ice storms13%Strong wind12%Hail7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Heflin faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Heat waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Ice storms

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times 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

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Heflin flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Webster Parish.

Disasters that hit Heflin

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HeflinDeclared for Webster Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

14 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

90 households applied for aid $228K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid

Webster 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. Heflin 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 Heflin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Heflin. 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.

Heflin, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Heflin?

What Heflin faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Ice storms

Strong wind

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Heflin flood?

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

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