Natural hazards · Pollock

Pollock, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pollock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 35 claims here since 1982. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pollock?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pollock to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes24%Heat waves15%Strong wind8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Pollock faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 45 years in the area

Heat waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Pollock flood?

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

35paid claims since 1982

$322Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19822026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Pollock

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PollockDeclared for Grant Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

18 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

777 households applied for aid $666K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

97 households applied for aid $424K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

251 households applied for aid $281K aid approved $15K to the Town of Pollock for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Grant Parish has had 27 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. Pollock 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 Pollock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pollock. 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.

Pollock, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Pollock?

What Pollock faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Pollock flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

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