Natural hazards · White Castle

White Castle, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in White Castle comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is White Castle?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in White Castle to be higher than in 93% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding17%Coastal flooding11%Drought10%Tornadoes8%Cold waves6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What White Castle faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Inland flooding

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Coastal flooding

11% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 White Castle flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Iberville Parish.

Disasters that hit White Castle

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into White CastleDeclared for Iberville Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

1,097 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

2021

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $108K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

105 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2012

Hurricane Isaac

256 households applied for aid $199K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

885 households applied for aid $1.5M aid approved $96K to the Town of White Castle for repairs

2005

Hurricane Rita

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2005

Hurricane Katrina

886 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved $31K to the Town of White Castle for repairs

2004

Severe Storms and Flooding

282 households applied for aid $120K aid approved

2002

Hurricane Lili

$4K to the Town of White Castle for repairs

Iberville Parish has had 34 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. White Castle 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 White Castle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of White Castle. 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.

White Castle, LA natural hazards

How exposed is White Castle?

What White Castle faces

Hurricanes

Inland flooding

Coastal flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does White Castle flood?

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Hurricane Ida

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Isaac

Hurricane Gustav

Hurricane Rita

Hurricane Katrina

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Lili

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