Natural hazards · Mansura

Mansura, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mansura comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1982. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mansura?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mansura to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes28%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes18%Cold waves16%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Mansura faces

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

Hurricanes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 10% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 56 years in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Mansura flood?

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

4paid claims since 1982

$155Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

2026-06-Arthur-TS: 2 claims, $151K
Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $4K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Avoyelles Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Mansura

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MansuraDeclared for Avoyelles Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

430 households applied for aid $2.6M aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

36 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

101 households applied for aid $117K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

583 households applied for aid $342K aid approved $4K to the Town of Mansura for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$8K to the Town of Mansura for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$22K to the Town of Mansura for repairs

Avoyelles Parish has had 29 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. Mansura 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 Mansura’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mansura. 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.