Natural hazards · Raceland

Raceland, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Raceland comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 360 claims here since 1980. 11 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Raceland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Raceland to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes61%Tornadoes14%Inland flooding12%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Raceland 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 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Raceland flood?

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

360paid claims since 1980

$7.9Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Allison: 71 claims, $1.4M
2026-06-Arthur-TS: 44 claims, $2.5M
Hurricane Katrina: 6 claims, $152K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lafourche Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13homes raised above flood level

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Raceland

11 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RacelandDeclared for Lafourche Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

629 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved

2024

Hurricane Francine

1,212 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

5,231 households applied for aid $17.2M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

139 households applied for aid $191K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

3 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

706 households applied for aid $990K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

217 households applied for aid $199K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

2,667 households applied for aid $2.4M aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

894 households applied for aid $682K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3,131 households applied for aid $3.1M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

10 households applied for aid

Lafourche Parish has had 41 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. Raceland covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Raceland’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Raceland. 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 Raceland total about $7.6M 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.