Natural hazards · Taft

Taft, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Taft comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 85 claims here since 1978. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Taft?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Taft to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes66%Inland flooding9%Tornadoes7%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Taft faces

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

Hurricanes

66% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Taft flood?

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

85paid claims since 1978

$3.0Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ida: 8 claims, $391K
Hurricane Francine: 8 claims, $245K
2026-06-Arthur-TS: 5 claims, $134K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Charles Parish.

Disasters that hit Taft

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TaftDeclared for St. Charles Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1 household applied for aid $10K aid approved

St. Charles Parish has had 39 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Taft

Taft and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Montzmostly hurricanesVery high

Taftmostly hurricanesVery high

Hahnvillemostly hurricanesVery high

Killonamostly hurricanesVery high

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. Taft covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Taft’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Taft. 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 Taft total about $4.0M 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.