Natural hazards · Timberlane

Timberlane, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Timberlane comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2,089 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 Timberlane?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Timberlane to be higher than in 97% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes69%Inland flooding22%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Timberlane faces

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

Hurricanes

69% 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

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Timberlane flood?

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

2,089paid claims since 1978

$64.5Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Katrina: 1,058 claims, $58.7M
Tropical Storm Allison: 42 claims, $179K
Hurricane Isaac: 38 claims, $320K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson Parish.

Disasters that hit Timberlane

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TimberlaneDeclared for Jefferson Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

6 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Jefferson Parish has had 37 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Timberlane

Timberlane and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Timberlanemostly hurricanesVery high

Gretnamostly hurricanesVery high

Belle Chassemostly hurricanesVery high

Terrytownmostly 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. Timberlane covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Timberlane’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Timberlane. 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 Timberlane total about $9.6M 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.