Natural hazards · Kenner

Kenner, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenner comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11,828 claims here since 1978. 19 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kenner?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenner to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes62%Inland flooding28%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Kenner faces

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

Hurricanes

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kenner flood?

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

11,828paid claims since 1978

$568Mpaid to owners

884homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Katrina: 7,265 claims, $489M
Hurricane Francine: 562 claims, $32.7M
Tropical Storm Isidore: 260 claims, $2.8M

Homes that flooded again and again

Each house = 15 homes. ■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (238) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Kenner is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Jefferson Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

207homes raised above flood level

28buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Kenner

19 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KennerDeclared for Jefferson Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

2,379 households applied for aid $4.2M aid approved $22K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2021

Hurricane Ida

25,308 households applied for aid $38.7M aid approved $23.6M to the City of Kenner for repairs

2020

Hurricane Zeta

483 households applied for aid $206K aid approved $665K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2020

Hurricane Sally

$30K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved $44K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2019

Hurricane Barry

$54K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2017

Tropical Storm Nate

$36K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

9,410 households applied for aid $3.0M aid approved $3.6M to the City of Kenner for repairs

2011

Tropical Storm Lee

$104K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

249 households applied for aid $35K aid approved $16K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

10,167 households applied for aid $914K aid approved $1.6M to the City of Kenner for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Rita

3,268 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

41,862 households applied for aid $195M aid approved $46.2M to the City of Kenner for repairs

2005

Tropical Storm Cindy

$18K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

173 households applied for aid $30K aid approved $107K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$350K to the City of Kenner for repairs

2002

Tropical Storm Isidore

$153K to the City of Kenner for repairs

Jefferson Parish has had 37 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Kenner

Kenner and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kennermostly hurricanesVery high

Metairiemostly hurricanesVery high

River Ridgemostly hurricanesVery high

St. Rosemostly hurricanesVery high

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. Kenner covers 19 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kenner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kenner. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Kenner total about $50.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.