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Natural hazards · Ventress

Ventress, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ventress comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Ventress?

30
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ventress to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and hurricanes.

Cold waves38%Hurricanes21%Tornadoes18%Inland flooding15%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Ventress faces

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

Cold waves

38% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Hurricanes

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 59 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 6% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 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 Ventress flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Ventress isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pointe Coupee Parish.
Disasters that hit Ventress

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VentressDeclared for Pointe Coupee Parish only
2026

Tropical Storm Arthur

17 households applied for aid $74K aid approved
2021

Hurricane Ida

393 households applied for aid $157K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

151 households applied for aid $222K aid approved
2012

Hurricane Isaac

8 households applied for aid
2008

Hurricane Gustav

336 households applied for aid $311K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

97 households applied for aid $65K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $16K aid approved
Pointe Coupee Parish has had 33 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. Ventress 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 Ventress’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Ventress. 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.

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