Natural hazards · Perry

Perry, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Perry comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Perry?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Perry to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding48%Hurricanes40%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Perry faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Perry flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vermilion Parish.

Disasters that hit Perry

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PerryDeclared for Vermilion Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

2 households applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

5 households applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Gustav

7 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Rita

45 households applied for aid $40K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid

Vermilion Parish has had 33 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. Perry 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 Perry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Perry. 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.