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Natural hazards · Roanoke

Roanoke, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roanoke comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Roanoke?

94
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roanoke to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding44%Hurricanes31%Tornadoes9%Drought6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Roanoke faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

31% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 23 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Roanoke flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Roanoke isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Jefferson Davis Parish.
Disasters that hit Roanoke

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoanokeDeclared for Jefferson Davis Parish only
2020

Hurricane Delta

27 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Laura

208 households applied for aid $159K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

26 households applied for aid $13K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

63 households applied for aid $500 aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

413 households applied for aid $636K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

5 households applied for aid $6K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $10K aid approved
Jefferson Davis 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. Roanoke 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 Roanoke’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Roanoke. 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.

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