Natural hazards · Simsboro

Simsboro, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Simsboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Simsboro?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Simsboro to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes24%Strong wind13%Heat waves12%Ice storms10%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Simsboro faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Simsboro flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln Parish.

Disasters that hit Simsboro

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SimsboroDeclared for Lincoln Parish only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

$19K to the Village of Simsboro for repairs

2021

Severe Winter Storms

1 household applied for aid $1K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

101 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $61K to the Village of Simsboro for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $24K to the Village of Simsboro for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

1 household applied for aid

Lincoln Parish has had 24 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. Simsboro 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 Simsboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Simsboro. 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.