Natural hazards · Simpson

Simpson, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Simpson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Simpson?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes17%Cold waves8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Simpson 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

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hurricanes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

8% 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 Simpson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Simpson 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 Simpson

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SimpsonDeclared for Vernon Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

122 households applied for aid $31K aid approved $42K to the Village of Simpson for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Hurricane Ike

2 households applied for aid $730 aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

2 households applied for aid $550 aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

207 households applied for aid $157K aid approved $14K to the Village of Simpson for repairs

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