Natural hazards · Reeves

Reeves, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Reeves comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Reeves?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Reeves to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding39%Hurricanes22%Tornadoes12%Cold waves10%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Reeves faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Reeves flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allen Parish.

Disasters that hit Reeves

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ReevesDeclared for Allen Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

2 households applied for aid

2020

Hurricane Delta

32 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

355 households applied for aid $777K aid approved $237K to the Village of Reeves for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

17 households applied for aid $1K aid approved $4K to the Village of Reeves for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

75 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $12K to the Village of Reeves for repairs

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

377 households applied for aid $698K aid approved $11K to the Village of Reeves for repairs

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

Reeves, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Reeves?

What Reeves faces

Inland flooding

Hurricanes

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Reeves flood?

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Ida

Hurricane Delta

Hurricane Laura

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Ike

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Rita

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