Natural hazards · Wallace

Wallace, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wallace comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wallace?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wallace to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and drought.

Hurricanes49%Drought23%Inland flooding10%Tornadoes8%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Wallace faces

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

Hurricanes

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

23% of expected damage

Recorded about 22 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Wallace flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Wallace 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. John the Baptist Parish.

Disasters that hit Wallace

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WallaceDeclared for St. John the Baptist Parish only

2024

Hurricane Francine

3 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2021

Hurricane Ida

16 households applied for aid $113K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

5 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

St. John the Baptist Parish has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Wallace

Wallace and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Wallacemostly hurricanesVery high

Edgardmostly hurricanesVery high

Garyvillemostly hurricanesVery high

North Vacheriemostly 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. Wallace 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 Wallace’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Wallace. 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.