Natural hazards · Jamestown

Jamestown, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jamestown 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 Jamestown?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jamestown to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and ice storms.

Inland flooding33%Ice storms17%Tornadoes16%Heat waves12%Strong wind11%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Jamestown 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

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 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 Jamestown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bienville Parish.

Disasters that hit Jamestown

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JamestownDeclared for Bienville Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

48 households applied for aid $375K aid approved

Bienville Parish has had 25 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. Jamestown 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 Jamestown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Jamestown. 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.