Natural hazards · Pointe a la Hache

Pointe a la Hache, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pointe a la Hache comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pointe a la Hache?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pointe a la Hache to be higher than in 98% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and coastal flooding.

Hurricanes61%Coastal flooding24%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Pointe a la Hache faces

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

Hurricanes

61% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Coastal flooding

24% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Inland 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 Pointe a la Hache flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Pointe a la Hache.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Plaquemines Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings floodproofed

Disasters that hit Pointe a la Hache

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Pointe a la Hache itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Pointe a la Hache.

Brought FEMA money into Pointe a la HacheDeclared for Plaquemines Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

110 households applied for aid $300K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

57 households applied for aid $72K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

155 households applied for aid $207K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

34 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

132 households applied for aid $507K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

452 households applied for aid $5.5M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

73 households applied for aid $38K aid approved

Plaquemines 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. Pointe a la Hache 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 Pointe a la Hache’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Pointe a la Hache. 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.