Natural hazards · Prien

Prien, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prien comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 390 claims here since 1979. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Prien?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Prien to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes44%Inland flooding38%Tornadoes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Prien faces

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

Hurricanes

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce 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 Prien flood?

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

390paid claims since 1979

$29.8Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

2021 Mid-Spring Severe Storms: 191 claims, $16.8M
Hurricane Delta: 47 claims, $6.4M
Hurricane Ike: 40 claims, $4.4M

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calcasieu Parish.

Disasters that hit Prien

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrienDeclared for Calcasieu Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid

Calcasieu 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. Prien covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Prien’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Prien. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Prien total about $14.8M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.