Natural hazards · Triumph

Triumph, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Triumph comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Triumph?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Triumph to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes.

Hurricanes85%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Triumph faces

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

Hurricanes

85% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Lower here

Inland floodingCoastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Triumph flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Plaquemines Parish.

Disasters that hit Triumph

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TriumphDeclared for Plaquemines Parish only

2004

Hurricane Ivan

1 household applied for aid $465 aid approved

Plaquemines Parish has had 33 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Triumph

Triumph and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Boothvillemostly hurricanesVery high

Triumphmostly hurricanesVery high

Burasmostly 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. Triumph 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 Triumph’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Triumph. 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.