Natural hazards · Hornbeck

Hornbeck, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hornbeck comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Hornbeck?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hornbeck to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes19%Hurricanes15%Cold waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Hornbeck faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hurricanes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Hornbeck flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vernon Parish.

Disasters that hit Hornbeck

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HornbeckDeclared for Vernon Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

331 households applied for aid $193K aid approved $6K to the Town of Hornbeck for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

11 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

10 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $60K to the Town of Hornbeck for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

542 households applied for aid $511K aid approved $16K to the Town of Hornbeck for repairs

Vernon Parish has had 28 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

About these numbers

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

Hornbeck, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Hornbeck?

What Hornbeck faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Hurricanes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hornbeck flood?

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

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