Natural hazards · Norwood

Norwood, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norwood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Norwood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norwood to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes17%Cold waves10%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Norwood faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

10% 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 Norwood flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: East Feliciana Parish.

Disasters that hit Norwood

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NorwoodDeclared for East Feliciana Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

165 households applied for aid $203K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

28 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

19 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $1K to the Village of Norwood for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

104 households applied for aid $144K aid approved $59K to the Village of Norwood for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

174 households applied for aid $183K aid approved $5K to the Village of Norwood for repairs

East Feliciana 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. Norwood 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 Norwood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Norwood. 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.