Natural hazards · Woodmere

Woodmere, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Woodmere comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1,474 claims here since 1978. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Woodmere?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Woodmere to be higher than in 95% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes73%Inland flooding15%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Woodmere faces

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

Hurricanes

73% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingTornadoesHailIce 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 Woodmere flood?

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

1,474paid claims since 1978

$18.9Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Katrina: 534 claims, $13.6M
Tropical Storm Allison: 46 claims, $157K
Hurricane Isaac: 42 claims, $520K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson Parish.

Disasters that hit Woodmere

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WoodmereDeclared for Jefferson Parish only

2021

Hurricane Ida

13 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2020

Hurricane Zeta

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Jefferson Parish has had 37 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and floods.

Around Woodmere

Woodmere and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Woodmeremostly hurricanesVery high

Belle Chassemostly hurricanesVery high

Estellemostly hurricanesVery high

Harveymostly 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. Woodmere covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Woodmere’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Woodmere. 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 Woodmere total about $6.4M 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.