Natural hazards · Stonewall

Stonewall, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stonewall comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stonewall?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stonewall to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding33%Strong wind18%Heat waves18%Tornadoes11%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Stonewall faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 39 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter 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 Stonewall flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: De Soto Parish.

Disasters that hit Stonewall

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StonewallDeclared for De Soto Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

34 households applied for aid $23K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

51 households applied for aid $245K aid approved $76K to the Town of Stonewall for repairs

De Soto Parish has had 22 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. Stonewall covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stonewall’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stonewall. 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 Stonewall total about $1.1M 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.