Natural hazards · Lisbon

Lisbon, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lisbon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lisbon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lisbon to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes13%Strong wind11%Ice storms10%Heat waves7%Lightning6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lisbon faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Lisbon flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Claiborne Parish.

Disasters that hit Lisbon

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LisbonDeclared for Claiborne Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

Claiborne Parish has had 25 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. Lisbon 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 Lisbon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lisbon. 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.