Natural hazards · Varnado

Varnado, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Varnado comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very 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 Varnado?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Varnado to be higher than in 92% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes47%Inland flooding35%Tornadoes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Varnado faces

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

Hurricanes

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Varnado flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Washington Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Varnado

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VarnadoDeclared for Washington Parish only

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid

2012

Hurricane Isaac

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

32 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

Washington Parish has had 29 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. Varnado 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 Varnado’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Varnado. 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.