Natural hazards · New Llano

New Llano, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Llano comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Llano?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Llano to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding47%Tornadoes18%Hurricanes16%Cold waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What New Llano faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 New Llano flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vernon Parish.

Disasters that hit New Llano

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New LlanoDeclared for Vernon Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

557 households applied for aid $238K aid approved $24K to the Town of New Llano for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

1 household applied for aid $8K to the Town of New Llano for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$4K to the Town of New Llano for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $19K to the Town of New Llano for repairs

Vernon Parish has had 28 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. New Llano 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 New Llano’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of New Llano. 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.