Natural hazards · Junction

Junction, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Junction?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Junction to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding46%Strong wind14%Tornadoes14%Heat waves9%Ice storms7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter 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 Junction flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union Parish.

Disasters that hit Junction

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JunctionDeclared for Union Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

6 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid

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