Natural hazards · Tickfaw

Tickfaw, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tickfaw comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 20 claims here since 1982. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tickfaw?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes48%Inland flooding32%Tornadoes6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Tickfaw faces

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

Hurricanes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

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 Tickfaw flood?

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

20paid claims since 1982

$485Kpaid to owners

3homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Mid-summer severe storms: 14 claims, $394K
Late winter severe storms: 2 claims, $22K
Hurricane Katrina: 1 claim, $738

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. Tickfaw 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit Tickfaw

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TickfawDeclared for Tangipahoa Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

3,218 households applied for aid $6.1M aid approved $157K to the Village of Tickfaw for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,232 households applied for aid $4.0M aid approved $19K to the Village of Tickfaw for repairs

2012

Hurricane Isaac

612 households applied for aid $611K aid approved $12K to the Village of Tickfaw for repairs

2008

Hurricane Ike

125 households applied for aid $351K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

715 households applied for aid $973K aid approved $23K to the Village of Tickfaw for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

4 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

2,579 households applied for aid $3.1M aid approved $33K to the Village of Tickfaw for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

$1K to the Village of Tickfaw for repairs

2002

Hurricane Lili

$4K to the Village of Tickfaw 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. Tickfaw 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 Tickfaw’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Tickfaw. 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.