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Natural hazards · Sugartown

Sugartown, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sugartown 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 Sugartown?

78
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sugartown to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Hurricanes12%Wildfire6%Lightning6%Tornadoes6%Cold waves6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Sugartown faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Lightning

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Sugartown flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Sugartown isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Beauregard Parish.
Disasters that hit Sugartown

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SugartownDeclared for Beauregard Parish only
2020

Hurricane Delta

9 households applied for aid $19K aid approved
2020

Hurricane Laura

152 households applied for aid $267K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

7 households applied for aid $633 aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

15 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

158 households applied for aid $207K aid approved
Beauregard Parish has had 31 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. Sugartown 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 Sugartown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Sugartown. 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.

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