Natural hazards · Plaucheville

Plaucheville, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plaucheville comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 1985. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plaucheville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plaucheville to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes25%Inland flooding17%Cold waves17%Tornadoes17%Drought9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Plaucheville faces

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

Hurricanes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 15% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Plaucheville flood?

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

7paid claims since 1985

$191Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

2026-06-Arthur-TS: 2 claims, $90K
Tropical Storm Allison: 1 claim, $48K
Hurricane Juan: 1 claim, $16K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Avoyelles Parish.

Disasters that hit Plaucheville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlauchevilleDeclared for Avoyelles Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

334 households applied for aid $5.3M aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

2 households applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

187 households applied for aid $81K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

Avoyelles Parish has had 29 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. Plaucheville 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 Plaucheville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Plaucheville. 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.

Plaucheville, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Plaucheville?

What Plaucheville faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Plaucheville flood?

Biggest named events

Homes that flooded again and again

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Tropical Storm Arthur

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

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