Natural hazards · Tangipahoa

Tangipahoa, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tangipahoa comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1985. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tangipahoa?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tangipahoa to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes54%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Tangipahoa faces

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

Hurricanes

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Tangipahoa flood?

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

11paid claims since 1985

$231Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19852026

Biggest named events

Mid-summer severe storms: 5 claims, $202K
Hurricane Juan: 2 claims, $16K
Hurricane Lili: 1 claim, $768

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tangipahoa Parish.

Disasters that hit Tangipahoa

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TangipahoaDeclared for Tangipahoa Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

239 households applied for aid $821K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

424 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved $5K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

199 households applied for aid $329K aid approved $15K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

125 households applied for aid $328K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

196 households applied for aid $329K aid approved $74K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

405 households applied for aid $708K aid approved $81K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

$2K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$3K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs

Tangipahoa Parish has had 35 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. Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Tangipahoa. 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.