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Walker, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walker comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 534 claims here since 1979. 16 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Walker?

96
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walker to be higher than in 96% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hurricanes.

Inland flooding47%Hurricanes39%Tornadoes8%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Walker faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

39% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

DroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Walker flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Walker, from FEMA’s records.

534paid claims since 1979
$49.4Mpaid to owners
27homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-summer severe storms: 421 claims, $47.3M
  • Hurricane Isaac: 22 claims, $615K
  • Tropical Storm Allison: 8 claims, $53K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (5) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 15% off flood insurance. Walker is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 7) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Livingston Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

24homes raised above flood level
14flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
4buildings retrofitted against wind
4storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Walker

16 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WalkerDeclared for Livingston Parish only
2024

Hurricane Francine

$20K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2021

Hurricane Ida

5,404 households applied for aid $4.8M aid approved $406K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2021

Severe Winter Storms

$24K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2020

Hurricane Delta

$11K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2020

Hurricane Sally

$10K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2020

Hurricane Laura

$16K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2019

Hurricane Barry

$32K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

2,929 households applied for aid $12.3M aid approved $809K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2012

Hurricane Isaac

581 households applied for aid $604K aid approved $135K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2008

Hurricane Ike

24 households applied for aid $59K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Gustav

1,524 households applied for aid $843K aid approved $1.5M to the Town of Walker for repairs
2005

Hurricane Rita

193 households applied for aid $145K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Katrina

2,589 households applied for aid $2.2M aid approved $75K to the Town of Walker for repairs
2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

73 households applied for aid $44K aid approved
2001

Tropical Storm Allison

$13K to the Town of Walker for repairs
Livingston Parish has had 39 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. Walker covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Walker’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Walker. 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 Walker total about $5.3M 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.

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