Natural hazards · Hodge

Hodge, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hodge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hodge?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hodge to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes22%Strong wind11%Heat waves10%Ice storms9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hodge faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 30% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hodge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson Parish.

Disasters that hit Hodge

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HodgeDeclared for Jackson Parish only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

$92K to the Village of Hodge for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

60 households applied for aid $43K aid approved $127K to the Village of Hodge for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $19K to the Village of Hodge for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$20K to the Village of Hodge for repairs

Jackson Parish has had 17 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. Hodge 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 Hodge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hodge. 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.