Natural hazards · Rosepine

Rosepine, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rosepine comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2015. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rosepine?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rosepine to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding35%Hurricanes24%Tornadoes21%Cold waves7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rosepine faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Rosepine flood?

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

2paid claims since 2015

$9Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20152026

Biggest named events

Spring storm: 1 claim, $4K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vernon Parish.

Disasters that hit Rosepine

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RosepineDeclared for Vernon Parish only

2020

Hurricane Delta

1 household applied for aid $557 aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

234 households applied for aid $211K aid approved $33K to the Town of Rosepine for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

30 households applied for aid $7K aid approved $4K to the Town of Rosepine for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

23 households applied for aid $6K to the Town of Rosepine for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

591 households applied for aid $739K aid approved $133K to the Town of Rosepine for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid

Vernon Parish has had 28 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. Rosepine 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 Rosepine’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rosepine. 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.