Natural hazards · Maringouin

Maringouin, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maringouin comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maringouin?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maringouin to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes50%Drought13%Tornadoes12%Inland flooding11%Cold waves8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Maringouin faces

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

Hurricanes

50% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Maringouin flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$501Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iberville Parish.

Disasters that hit Maringouin

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaringouinDeclared for Iberville Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

551 households applied for aid $366K aid approved

2021

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

138 households applied for aid $83K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

83 households applied for aid $76K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

705 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $56K to the Town of Maringouin for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $791 aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

445 households applied for aid $428K aid approved $1K to the Town of Maringouin for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

162 households applied for aid $90K aid approved

2002

Hurricane Lili

$3K to the Town of Maringouin for repairs

Iberville Parish has had 34 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. Maringouin 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 Maringouin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Maringouin. 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.

Maringouin, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Maringouin?

What Maringouin faces

Hurricanes

Drought

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Maringouin flood?

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Ida

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Lili

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