Natural hazards · Zwolle

Zwolle, LA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Zwolle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Zwolle?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Zwolle to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes15%Strong wind13%Hurricanes7%Heat waves7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Zwolle faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Strong wind

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hurricanes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about 21 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Zwolle flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Zwolle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sabine Parish.
Disasters that hit Zwolle

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ZwolleDeclared for Sabine Parish only
2021

Severe Winter Storms

42 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $135K to the Town of Zwolle for repairs
2020

Hurricane Laura

606 households applied for aid $273K aid approved
2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $49K aid approved
2008

Hurricane Ike

38 households applied for aid $38K aid approved $3K to the Town of Zwolle for repairs
2008

Hurricane Gustav

11 households applied for aid $9K to the Town of Zwolle for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $7K aid approved
2005

Hurricane Rita

849 households applied for aid $583K aid approved $56K to the Town of Zwolle for repairs
Sabine Parish has had 22 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. Zwolle covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Zwolle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Zwolle. 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 Zwolle total about $958K 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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