Natural hazards · Springhill

Springhill, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Springhill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Springhill?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Springhill to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding37%Tornadoes14%Heat waves11%Strong wind11%Ice storms10%Hail8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Springhill faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Heat waves

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 20 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 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 once a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Springhill flood?

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

15paid claims since 1979

$499Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Webster Parish.

Disasters that hit Springhill

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpringhillDeclared for Webster Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $500 aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

12 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $13K to the City of Springhill for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$19K to the City of Springhill for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$100K to the City of Springhill for repairs

Webster Parish has had 26 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. Springhill covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Springhill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Springhill. 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 Springhill total about $2.2M 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.