Natural hazards · Turkey Creek

Turkey Creek, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Turkey Creek comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Turkey Creek?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Turkey Creek to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding26%Cold waves25%Tornadoes20%Hurricanes16%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Turkey Creek faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hurricanes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Turkey Creek flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Evangeline Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Turkey Creek

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Turkey CreekDeclared for Evangeline Parish only

2020

Hurricane Laura

$57K to the Village of Turkey Creek for repairs

2008

Hurricane Gustav

58 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

82 households applied for aid $94K aid approved $1K to the Village of Turkey Creek for repairs

Evangeline Parish has had 24 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. Turkey Creek 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 Turkey Creek’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Turkey Creek. 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.