Natural hazards · Plaquemine

Plaquemine, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plaquemine comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1982. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plaquemine?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plaquemine to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes62%Tornadoes12%Inland flooding10%Cold waves9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Plaquemine faces

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

Hurricanes

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Plaquemine flood?

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

30paid claims since 1982

$937Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

2021 Mid-Spring Severe Storms: 12 claims, $742K
Hurricane Katrina: 5 claims, $109K
Tropical Storm Allison: 2 claims, $7K

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. Plaquemine isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Iberville Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Plaquemine

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlaquemineDeclared for Iberville Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

3,371 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $77K to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

2021

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

249 households applied for aid $523K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

283 households applied for aid $113K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

549 households applied for aid $527K aid approved $573K to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

3,476 households applied for aid $5.4M aid approved $2.3M to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

7 households applied for aid $4K aid approved $221K to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2,612 households applied for aid $2.6M aid approved $348K to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

780 households applied for aid $714K aid approved

2002

Hurricane Lili

$48K to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

2001

Tropical Storm Allison

$3K to the City of Plaquemine for repairs

Iberville Parish has had 34 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. Plaquemine 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 Plaquemine’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Plaquemine. 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.

Plaquemine, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Plaquemine?

What Plaquemine faces

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Plaquemine flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Ida

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Lili

Tropical Storm Allison

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