Natural hazards · Mansfield

Mansfield, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mansfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims here since 1982. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mansfield?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mansfield to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding48%Strong wind14%Heat waves14%Tornadoes9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Mansfield faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 61 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Mansfield flood?

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

9paid claims since 1982

$227Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19822026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: De Soto Parish.

Disasters that hit Mansfield

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MansfieldDeclared for De Soto Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $500 aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

492 households applied for aid $533K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

2 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

123 households applied for aid $155K aid approved

De Soto Parish has had 22 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. Mansfield 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 Mansfield’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Mansfield. 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.