Natural hazards · Lecompte

Lecompte, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lecompte comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 48 claims here since 1991. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lecompte?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lecompte to be higher than in 13% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding31%Drought25%Hurricanes20%Cold waves11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lecompte faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Lecompte flood?

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

48paid claims since 1991

$1.5Mpaid to owners

7homes flooded more than once

19912026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 12 claims, $532K
Hurricane Delta: 8 claims, $389K
2026-06-Arthur-TS: 2 claims, $59K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (3) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rapides Parish.

Disasters that hit Lecompte

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LecompteDeclared for Rapides Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

11 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Delta

32 households applied for aid $37K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

307 households applied for aid $351K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

327 households applied for aid $513K aid approved $79K to the Town of Lecompte for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$8K to the Town of Lecompte for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$9K to the Town of Lecompte for repairs

Rapides Parish has had 36 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. Lecompte 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 Lecompte’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lecompte. 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.