Natural hazards · Jeanerette

Jeanerette, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jeanerette comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 40 claims here since 1980. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jeanerette?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jeanerette to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes49%Inland flooding30%Tornadoes8%Cold waves5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Jeanerette faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Jeanerette flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Jeanerette, from FEMA’s records.

40paid claims since 1980

$1.5Mpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 3 claims, $50K
Mid-summer severe storms: 2 claims, $19K
Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $1K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iberia Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Jeanerette

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JeaneretteDeclared for Iberia Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,541 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved $16K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2020

Hurricane Delta

200 households applied for aid $643K aid approved $76K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid

2019

Hurricane Barry

$64K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

301 households applied for aid $138K aid approved $56K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

119 households applied for aid $111K aid approved $56K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

377 households applied for aid $670K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

2,000 households applied for aid $2.0M aid approved $177K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

2,738 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved $57K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

236 households applied for aid $492K aid approved $16K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$36K to the City of Jeanerette for repairs

Iberia Parish has had 30 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. Jeanerette 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 Jeanerette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jeanerette. 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.