Natural hazards · Lafitte

Lafitte, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lafitte comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lafitte?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lafitte to be higher than in 100% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes42%Coastal flooding37%Inland flooding17%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Lafitte faces

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

Hurricanes

42% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Coastal flooding

37% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce 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 Lafitte flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

534homes raised above flood level

4buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Lafitte

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LafitteDeclared for Jefferson Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

17 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,233 households applied for aid $5.8M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

65 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

891 households applied for aid $1.8M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

850 households applied for aid $2.9M aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

658 households applied for aid $450K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1,061 households applied for aid $3.5M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2,013 households applied for aid $7.6M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

4 households applied for aid $298 aid approved

Jefferson Parish has had 37 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. Lafitte 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 Lafitte’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Lafitte. 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.