Natural hazards · Roseland

Roseland, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Roseland comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2016. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Roseland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Roseland to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes57%Inland flooding28%Tornadoes5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Roseland faces

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

Hurricanes

57% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Roseland flood?

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

2paid claims since 2016

$95Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20162026

Biggest named events

Late winter severe storms: 1 claim, $18K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $78K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tangipahoa Parish.

Disasters that hit Roseland

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RoselandDeclared for Tangipahoa Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,008 households applied for aid $2.9M aid approved $11K to the Town of Roseland for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

570 households applied for aid $1.3M aid approved $134K to the Town of Roseland for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

409 households applied for aid $516K aid approved $9K to the Town of Roseland for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

250 households applied for aid $990K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

427 households applied for aid $580K aid approved $23K to the Town of Roseland for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1,352 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved $215K to the Town of Roseland for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$3K to the Town of Roseland for repairs

Tangipahoa Parish has had 35 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. Roseland 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 Roseland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Roseland. 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.