Natural hazards · Schriever

Schriever, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Schriever comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 1999. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Schriever?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes66%Tornadoes10%Cold waves8%Inland flooding6%Heat waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Schriever faces

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

Hurricanes

66% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Schriever flood?

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

12paid claims since 1999

$162Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Allison: 2 claims, $17K
Hurricane Ida: 1 claim, $24K
2026-06-Arthur-TS: 1 claim, $53K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Terrebonne Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

3homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Schriever

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SchrieverDeclared for Terrebonne Parish only

2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

171 households applied for aid $499K aid approved

2024

Hurricane Francine

468 households applied for aid $942K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,691 households applied for aid $3.4M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

33 households applied for aid $43K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

143 households applied for aid $206K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Ike

63 households applied for aid $74K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

913 households applied for aid $881K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

265 households applied for aid $143K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

768 households applied for aid $602K aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid

Terrebonne Parish has had 39 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Schriever

Schriever and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bayou Bluemostly hurricanesVery high

Graymostly hurricanesVery high

Schrievermostly hurricanesVery high

Thibodauxmostly hurricanesVery high

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. Schriever covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Schriever’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Schriever. 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 Schriever total about $3.2M 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.