Natural hazards · Wisner

Wisner, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wisner comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1983. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wisner?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wisner to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes21%Heat waves12%Strong wind8%Hurricanes8%Drought7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Wisner faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wisner flood?

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

3paid claims since 1983

$60Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19832026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Gustav: 1 claim, $49K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin Parish.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Wisner

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WisnerDeclared for Franklin Parish only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

9 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2008

Hurricane Gustav

148 households applied for aid $557K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

Franklin Parish has had 31 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. Wisner 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 Wisner’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wisner. 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.

Wisner, LA natural hazards

How exposed is Wisner?

What Wisner faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Heat waves

Strong wind

Hurricanes

Drought

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Wisner flood?

Biggest named events

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms and Flooding

Hurricane Gustav

Severe Storms and Flooding

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