Natural hazards · Kinder

Kinder, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kinder comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 34 claims here since 1980. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kinder?

75
High
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding37%Hurricanes28%Tornadoes11%Cold waves9%Everything else16%
By hazard

What Kinder faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% 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 Kinder flood?

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

34paid claims since 1980
$693Kpaid to owners
3homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Rita: 4 claims, $203K
  • Hurricane Delta: 4 claims, $136K
  • Mid-summer severe storms: 2 claims, $55K

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. Kinder isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Allen Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11buildings retrofitted against wind
Disasters that hit Kinder

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KinderDeclared for Allen Parish only
2020

Hurricane Delta

187 households applied for aid $261K aid approved $5K to the Town of Kinder for repairs
2020

Hurricane Laura

2,059 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved $2.3M to the Town of Kinder for repairs
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $27K aid approved
2012

Hurricane Isaac

5 households applied for aid
2008

Hurricane Ike

82 households applied for aid $42K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

555 households applied for aid $125K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

104 households applied for aid $118K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

2,792 households applied for aid $4.1M aid approved $494K to the Town of Kinder for repairs
2005

Hurricane Katrina

$19K to the Town of Kinder for repairs
2002

Hurricane Lili

$11K to the Town of Kinder for repairs
Allen Parish has had 27 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. Kinder 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 Kinder’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kinder. 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.

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