Natural hazards · Oretta

Oretta, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oretta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oretta?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oretta to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding41%Hurricanes16%Lightning8%Wildfire8%Cold waves8%Tornadoes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Oretta faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Oretta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Beauregard Parish.

Disasters that hit Oretta

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Beauregard Parish shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Oretta itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into OrettaDeclared for Beauregard Parish only

Beauregard Parish has had 31 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. Oretta 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 Oretta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Oretta. 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.

Oretta, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Oretta?

What Oretta faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Lightning

Wildfire

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Oretta flood?

Federal disasters declared here

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