Natural hazards · Plain Dealing

Plain Dealing, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plain Dealing comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1997. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plain Dealing?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plain Dealing to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding36%Heat waves27%Tornadoes9%Ice storms6%Drought5%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Plain Dealing faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Plain Dealing flood?

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

12paid claims since 1997

$184Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 3 claims, $74K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bossier Parish.

Disasters that hit Plain Dealing

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Plain DealingDeclared for Bossier Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

25 households applied for aid $24K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

Bossier Parish has had 26 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. Plain Dealing 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 Plain Dealing’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Plain Dealing. 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.