Natural hazards · Lake Providence

Lake Providence, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lake Providence comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lake Providence?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lake Providence to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and drought.

Tornadoes28%Drought18%Inland flooding12%Earthquakes9%Cold waves7%Hail6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Lake Providence faces

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

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 2% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Lake Providence flood?

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

18paid claims since 1979

$368Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 4 claims, $132K
Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $124K
Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $5K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: East Carroll Parish.

Disasters that hit Lake Providence

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Lake ProvidenceDeclared for East Carroll Parish only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

$753K to the Town of Lake Providence for repairs

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

473 households applied for aid $331K aid approved $21K to the Town of Lake Providence for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

711 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $35K to the Town of Lake Providence for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$5K to the Town of Lake Providence for repairs

1998

Severe Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Lake Providence for repairs

East Carroll Parish has had 21 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. Lake Providence 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 Lake Providence’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lake Providence. 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.