Natural hazards · Pineville

Pineville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pineville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 193 claims here since 1979. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pineville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pineville to be higher than in 1% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves26%Hurricanes25%Inland flooding15%Heat waves11%Tornadoes8%Lightning7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Pineville faces

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

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Lightning

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Pineville flood?

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

193paid claims since 1979

$4.6Mpaid to owners

30homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 29 claims, $1.3M
Hurricane Delta: 21 claims, $1.2M
Hurricane Lili: 4 claims, $93K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (4) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rapides Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3homes raised above flood level

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Pineville

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PinevilleDeclared for Rapides Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid

2021

Severe Winter Storms

126 households applied for aid $85K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Delta

263 households applied for aid $437K aid approved $19K to the City of Pineville for repairs

2020

Hurricane Laura

3,858 households applied for aid $2.0M aid approved $1.1M to the City of Pineville for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

201 households applied for aid $590K aid approved

2015

Severe Storms and Flooding

$30K to the City of Pineville for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

2,205 households applied for aid $1.6M aid approved $435K to the City of Pineville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

2 households applied for aid $85K to the City of Pineville for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2 households applied for aid

2002

Hurricane Lili

$28K to the City of Pineville for repairs

Rapides Parish has had 36 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. Pineville covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pineville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pineville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Pineville total about $1.6M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.