Natural hazards · Vivian

Vivian, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vivian comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vivian?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vivian to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and heat waves.

Inland flooding37%Heat waves21%Ice storms8%Cold waves8%Tornadoes7%Hail7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Vivian faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Ice storms

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Vivian flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Caddo Parish.

Disasters that hit Vivian

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VivianDeclared for Caddo Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

31 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Laura

38 households applied for aid $44K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $174K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

$3K to the Town of Vivian for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

$10K to the Town of Vivian for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina

$4K to the Town of Vivian for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$17K to the Town of Vivian for repairs

Caddo Parish has had 25 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. Vivian covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vivian’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vivian. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Vivian total about $975K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.