Natural hazards · Powhatan

Powhatan, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Powhatan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Powhatan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Powhatan to be higher than in 56% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Heat waves10%Tornadoes9%Strong wind8%Hurricanes6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Powhatan faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Powhatan flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Powhatan.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Natchitoches Parish.

Disasters that hit Powhatan

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PowhatanDeclared for Natchitoches Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid

2020

Hurricane Laura

12 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $909 aid approved

Natchitoches 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. Powhatan 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 Powhatan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Powhatan. 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.

Powhatan, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Powhatan?

What Powhatan faces

Inland flooding

Heat waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Hurricanes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Powhatan flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

How to read this page

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