Natural hazards · Violet

Violet, LA natural hazards

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

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hurricanes75%Inland flooding11%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Violet faces

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

Hurricanes

75% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

AvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Violet flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Bernard Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

20homes raised above flood level

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Violet

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VioletDeclared for St. Bernard Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

2,779 households applied for aid $5.3M aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

562 households applied for aid $669K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

1 household applied for aid $500 aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

1,524 households applied for aid $687K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

1,329 households applied for aid $96K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Rita

2 households applied for aid

2005

Hurricane Katrina

6,706 households applied for aid $68.7M aid approved

2004

Hurricane Ivan

373 households applied for aid $213K aid approved

St. Bernard Parish has had 35 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Violet

Violet and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

New Orleansmostly hurricanesVery high

Merauxmostly hurricanesVery high

Violetmostly hurricanesVery high

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