FEMA Records
43
Very high volume
Louisiana · FEMA + NOAA + National Risk Index
Beauregard Parish, LA
43 FEMA disaster declarations (1983-2026), with a FEMA National Risk Index rating of Relatively Low. Most common hazard: Hurricane.
- 43
- FEMA declarations
- 24
- Major disasters
- 56
- NRI risk · Relatively Low
- Hurricane
- Top hazard
The verdict
Two federal records point in the busier direction for Beauregard Parish. Its 43 FEMA declarations are 4% above the Louisiana county mean and exceed the count for 98% of the 3,266 counties in this registry. Separately, FEMA's National Risk Index places it in the riskiest 44%, based on modeled expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience.
- Riskiest 44%
- of U.S. counties for FEMA National Risk Index score
- Relatively Low
- FEMA National Risk Index rating
- 43
- FEMA declarations vs 21 national county avg
- 516
- NFIP flood insurance claims filed
FEMA's National Risk Index and its declaration registry are separate measures. This county's registry includes Fire Management Assistance (FM) records, which are not presidential disaster declarations, alongside Major Disaster (DR) and Emergency (EM) records.
How does Beauregard Parish compare?
Beauregard Parish vs. all counties in this dataset
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time
43 Top 2% higher than 98% of 3,266 counties
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-03
Beauregard Parish's FEMA Risk Index score
FEMA National Risk Index composite score vs. the Louisiana county average
Which hazard drives modeled loss here?
FEMA's modeled annual dollar loss for Beauregard Parish is led by Riverine Flooding (about $8.0M Expected Annual Loss, Historical Loss Ratio Relatively Moderate), while Lightning carries the highest National Risk Index rating (Relatively High). EAL and risk score use different inputs; they need not agree.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025 release) - Expected Annual Loss vs composite risk rating by hazard.
What does Beauregard Parish's hazard record show?
Reading the federal records together
FEMA's NFIP table contains a substantial paid-claim history for this county: 516 claims and $8.8M in payments. PlainHazard labels 500 or more claims a heavy registry record; that is a reporting bucket, not an official FEMA risk grade. The average paid claim was $17.0K. NFIP totals exclude uninsured flood losses and do not measure how many properties currently carry a policy.
The declaration register points in the busier direction. Beauregard Parish's 43 federal records stand 4% above the Louisiana county mean of 41.4. That comparison describes how often federal action was recorded, including any Major Disaster, Emergency, and Fire Management entries shown on this page; it does not convert the count into future probability.
FEMA National Risk Index
This county carries a high composite score on FEMA's National Risk Index, 55.6/100, rated Relatively Low. Its Expected Annual Loss rating is Relatively Low (roughly $16.6M in annualized losses), and a Relatively Moderate social-vulnerability profile combined with Relatively Low community resilience shapes how much of that raw exposure becomes realized harm. Of the 18 hazards FEMA models, Lightning stands out as the sharpest exposure here, rated Relatively High. FEMA's modeled frequency puts that hazard at an average of 78 times per year here, based on 169,993 historical events on record.
Declaration frequency
The FEMA register is busy by both local and national comparisons. It contains 43 entries for Beauregard Parish, including 24 Major Disaster records, 4% above the Louisiana county mean. Across the 43-year span, that works out to 1.0 declarations a year. Hurricane leads the file with 22 entries. Declaration type records the federal action taken, not every assistance program approved.
77 /100
Historical Activity Index
Very High historical activity
Beauregard Parish, LA · PlainHazard-derived composite from federal records
This 0–100 index is an explicit PlainHazard composite from FEMA declaration history only on the county surface (this DB has no county-level NOAA damage row) . It is not FEMA's National Risk Index, not a forecast, and not a safety, insurance, or preparedness rating. Open the calculator · Methodology
FEMA Declarations (1953–present) Very High
30/30
43 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (2.1x national county average)
County Disaster Density High
13/25
43 declarations (1.0x state county average of 41)
Major Disaster Share High
14/25
24 of 43 declarations are major disasters (56%)
Hazard Diversity Very High
20/20
10 different disaster types declared in Beauregard Parish
Historical Declaration Activity
Activity Band
High
vs. Louisiana Avg
+4%
State avg: 41.4
vs. National Avg
+108%
National avg: 20.7
Avg Per Year
1.0
Over 43 years
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Beauregard Parish
How to read this radar
Each axis: NRI risk rating (Very Low-Very High) on a 0-100 scale. Rounder = broad exposure; spiky = one or two hazards dominate.
Major Disaster share
56%
Major-heavy
NRI risk score
56
Relatively Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
How often does each hazard strike Beauregard Parish?
FEMA's National Risk Index models a historical event count and an annualized frequency for each hazard type. Most hazards are expressed as modeled occurrences per year; FEMA expresses drought and heat-wave frequency as event-days per year. These modeled frequencies are not forecasts.
| Hazard | NRI Risk Rating | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Lightning | Relatively High | an average of 78 times per year |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | roughly once every 235 years |
| Ice Storm | Relatively High | roughly once every 2 years |
| Hurricane | Relatively Moderate | roughly once every 8 years |
| Drought | Relatively Moderate | 31 modeled event-days per year |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | 10 modeled event-days per year |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Low | an average of 1.3 times per year |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Low | an average of 1.2 times per year |
| Hail | Relatively Low | an average of 1.9 times per year |
| Tornado | Relatively Low | an average of 1 time per year |
| Winter Weather | Relatively Low | an average of 1.6 times per year |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Low | roughly once every 1 years |
| Earthquake | Very Low | roughly once every 1,250 years |
| Coastal Flooding | Very Low | roughly once every 83 years |
| Landslide | Very Low | roughly once every 7 years |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Modeled annualized frequency; drought and heat wave use event-days/year, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Hurricane 22
Flood 5
Coastal Storm 4
Severe Storm 3
Fire 2
Severe Ice Storm 2
Biological 2
Winter Storm 1
Other 1
Tornado 1
What Hurricane declarations mean here
Hurricane is the most frequent declaration type on Beauregard Parish's federal record, 51% of its declarations. Atlantic tropical systems run on a defined season, 1 June to 30 November, with most activity concentrated between August and October; Pacific and territorial basins run on their own calendars. A single named storm routinely produces one declaration number covering a long corridor of counties at once, well inland as well as on the coast, which is why an affected county's count can jump by several in one year without several separate events having occurred.
One practical distinction matters when reading these records: a tropical declaration usually bundles wind, storm surge and inland rainfall flooding under a single incident, but the insurance behind them is split. Wind damage falls to property insurers, while flood and surge damage is covered only under a separate National Flood Insurance Program policy. That is why a county can show heavy declaration activity and a comparatively small NFIP claims record, or the reverse.
Declaration counts describe past federal action. They are a record of what was declared, not a forecast of future hazard probability.
Declaration Types
What DR / EM / FM mean
FEMA categorizes declarations as Major Disasters (DR), Emergencies (EM), or Fire Management Assistance (FM).
Major Disaster - 24 55.8%
of all 43 declarations
Emergency - 17 39.5%
of all 43 declarations
Fire Management - 2 4.7%
of all 43 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2012 | 1 | |
| 2010 | 1 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 4 | |
| 2004 | 1 | |
Show 6 earlier declaration years
| 2003 | 2 | |
| 2001 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 2 | |
| 1989 | 3 | |
| 1983 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 43 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 43 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3638 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Winter Storm | 2026-01-24 |
| 3614 | TROPICAL STORM FRANCINE | EM | Hurricane | 2024-09-10 |
| 5482 | TIGER ISLAND FIRE | FM | Fire | 2023-08-23 |
| 3574 | TROPICAL STORM NICHOLAS | EM | Coastal Storm | 2021-09-13 |
| 4611 | HURRICANE IDA | DR | Hurricane | 2021-08-29 |
| 3568 | TROPICAL STORM IDA | EM | Hurricane | 2021-08-27 |
| 4590 | SEVERE WINTER STORMS | DR | Severe Ice Storm | 2021-03-09 |
| 3556 | SEVERE WINTER STORM | EM | Severe Ice Storm | 2021-02-18 |
| 4577 | HURRICANE ZETA | DR | Hurricane | 2021-01-12 |
| 3549 | TROPICAL STORM ZETA | EM | Hurricane | 2020-10-27 |
| 4570 | HURRICANE DELTA | DR | Hurricane | 2020-10-16 |
| 3547 | HURRICANE DELTA | EM | Hurricane | 2020-10-07 |
| 3543 | HURRICANE SALLY | EM | Hurricane | 2020-09-14 |
| 4559 | HURRICANE LAURA | DR | Hurricane | 2020-08-28 |
| 3538 | TROPICAL STORMS LAURA AND MARCO | EM | Hurricane | 2020-08-23 |
| 3527 | TROPICAL STORM CRISTOBAL | EM | Coastal Storm | 2020-06-07 |
| 4484 | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR | Biological | 2020-03-24 |
| 3459 | COVID-19 | EM | Biological | 2020-03-13 |
| 3416 | TROPICAL STORM BARRY | EM | Coastal Storm | 2019-07-11 |
| 4345 | TROPICAL STORM HARVEY | DR | Hurricane | 2017-10-16 |
Show 23 earlier declaration records
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3382 | TROPICAL STORM HARVEY | EM | Hurricane | 2017-08-28 |
| 4263 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Flood | 2016-03-13 |
| 4080 | HURRICANE ISAAC | DR | Hurricane | 2012-08-29 |
| 1863 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES, AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2009-12-10 |
| 1792 | HURRICANE IKE | DR | Hurricane | 2008-09-13 |
| 1786 | HURRICANE GUSTAV | DR | Hurricane | 2008-09-02 |
| 3289 | HURRICANE GUSTAV | EM | Hurricane | 2008-08-29 |
| 1668 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 2006-11-02 |
| 1607 | HURRICANE RITA | DR | Hurricane | 2005-09-24 |
| 3260 | HURRICANE RITA | EM | Hurricane | 2005-09-21 |
| 1603 | HURRICANE KATRINA | DR | Hurricane | 2005-08-29 |
| 3212 | HURRICANE KATRINA | EM | Hurricane | 2005-08-27 |
| 1548 | HURRICANE IVAN | DR | Hurricane | 2004-09-15 |
| 3172 | LOSS OF SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA | EM | Other | 2003-02-01 |
| 1437 | HURRICANE LILI | DR | Hurricane | 2002-10-03 |
| 1380 | TROPICAL STORM ALLISON | DR | Coastal Storm | 2001-06-11 |
| 2337 | LA-WESTERN LOUISIANA FIRE COMPLEX-9/8/00 | FM | Fire | 2000-09-11 |
| 904 | SEVERE STORMS, TORNADOES & FLOODING | DR | Severe Storm | 1991-05-03 |
| 902 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1991-04-23 |
| 835 | TROPICAL STORM ALLISON | DR | Flood | 1989-07-17 |
| 833 | SEVERE STORMS & TORNADOES | DR | Tornado | 1989-06-16 |
| 829 | SEVERE STORMS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1989-05-20 |
| 675 | SEVERE STORMS AND FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1983-01-11 |
Storm Events in Louisiana
Statewide NOAA context only. PlainHazard does not currently attribute these state totals to Beauregard Parish.
| Storm Type | Events | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 3,274 | 12 | 29 | $24.9M |
| Flash Flood | 1,516 | 20 | 17 | $3.9B |
| Hail | 1,224 | 0 | 0 | $49.3M |
| Excessive Heat | 1,183 | 3 | 0 | $0 |
| Heat | 1,106 | 5 | 0 | $0 |
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database State-level aggregated data, 2015-2025
NFIP Flood Insurance Claims
Total Claims
516
Total Paid
$8.8M
Avg Per Claim
$17.0K
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA Claims Data
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall Risk
Relatively Low
Score: 55.6/100
Expected Annual Loss
Relatively Low
$16.6M/year
Social Vulnerability
Relatively Moderate
Community Resilience
Relatively Low
Hazard Risk Breakdown
Lightning Relatively High
Wildfire Relatively Low
Ice Storm Relatively High
Hurricane Relatively Moderate
Drought Relatively Moderate
Heat Wave Relatively Low
Riverine Flooding Relatively Low
Cold Wave Relatively Low
Hail Relatively Low
Tornado Relatively Low
Winter Weather Relatively Low
Strong Wind Relatively Low
Earthquake Very Low
Coastal Flooding Very Low
Landslide Very Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) Ratings reflect relative scores among all US counties. Data: hazards.fema.gov/nri
The model's sharpest exposure here: Lightning
Lightning is modeled as a high-frequency, low-per-event hazard: strike counts are large, but each strike affects a very small area. Its aggregate cost accumulates through structure fires, electrical and electronic damage, and it is one of the few hazards whose risk is essentially continuous through the season rather than episodic.
Worth noting for Beauregard Parish: the model and the federal record do NOT point at the same hazard. Lightning carries the highest modeled rating (Relatively High), while the county's declaration history is led by Hurricane. That is not a contradiction, the two measure genuinely different things. Declarations record federal ACTION, which requires damage costly enough to exceed state and local capacity; the Risk Index models EXPECTED annual loss across all 18 hazards whether or not any declaration ever followed. A hazard can be the county's largest modeled exposure and never once have driven a declaration.
National Risk Index ratings are modeled estimates of expected annual loss, not predictions of what will happen in any given year.
Data-matched county comparisons
Beauregard Parish's closest FEMA peer: Santa Barbara County, CA
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields plus the National Risk Index composite for Beauregard Parish. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Closest declaration profiles
Beauregard Parish shows 43 FEMA declarations, led by Hurricane.
Similar Major-disaster share
Beauregard Parish: 24 of 43 of its declarations are Major.
Similar modeled NRI score
Beauregard Parish: NRI composite 55.6 (Relatively Low).
How these peers are chosen
Cohort: Published U.S. county equivalents outside the source state or territory. Each metric keeps six ETL candidates; three unique destinations are shown after de-duplicating across axes. Declaration-volume ranking combines count and Major-disaster share and prefers a different leading incident type; Major-share ranks the Major fraction adjusted for volume; NRI ranks the modeled composite score only.
Retained FEMA snapshot feed for Beauregard Parish - capture-dated entries only.
Further reading for this county
Understanding disaster data
Beauregard Parish's NFIP claims file (516 claims) and FEMA declaration history measure different federal records - this guide separates them from modeled NRI risk.
More PlainHazard guides
- Most disaster-prone counties - U.S. counties ranked by FEMA declaration totals.
- Understanding disaster data - declarations vs storm events vs NRI scores.
- Preparing for natural disasters - household checklist (not county-specific advice).
Related
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most common disaster type in Beauregard Parish?
The most common disaster type in Beauregard Parish is Hurricane, with 22 declarations. Other disaster types include Flood (5), Coastal Storm (4), Severe Storm (3).
How does Beauregard Parish's FEMA declaration record compare with the Louisiana average?
FEMA lists 43 declaration records for Beauregard Parish. That is 4% above the Louisiana county mean of 41.4. Its count is also 108% above the national county mean of 20.7. A larger declaration history records more federal actions; it is not a forecast of the county's next hazard.
How many major FEMA disaster declarations has Beauregard Parish received?
Beauregard Parish has received 24 major disaster declarations, representing 56% of all 43 disaster declarations.
How many flood insurance claims has Beauregard Parish filed?
Beauregard Parish has 516 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims totaling $8.8M in payments, with an average of $17.0K per claim.
Does FEMA's top risk-rated hazard match the highest Expected Annual Loss in Beauregard Parish?
No. In Beauregard Parish, Lightning has the highest National Risk Index rating (Relatively High), while Riverine Flooding leads Expected Annual Loss at about $8.0M. FEMA's risk score and dollar-loss model use different inputs, so the leaders often differ.
What was the worst year for disasters in Beauregard Parish?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Beauregard Parish was 2021, with 9 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1983 to 2026.
What is the FEMA National Risk Index score for Beauregard Parish?
According to the FEMA National Risk Index, Beauregard Parish, Louisiana has an overall risk score of 55.6 out of 100 (Relatively Low). Social vulnerability here rates Relatively Moderate, while community resilience comes in at Relatively Low. The Expected Annual Loss (EAL) score is Relatively Low, representing $16.6M in annualized losses.
Which natural hazard poses the greatest risk to Beauregard Parish?
Based on FEMA NRI data, the highest-risk natural hazard in Beauregard Parish as of the latest release is Lightning (risk rating: Relatively High). Other significant hazards include Wildfire (Relatively Low) and Ice Storm (Relatively High). FEMA's modeled event frequency puts lightning here at an average of 78 times per year, drawn from 169,993 historical events on record. The underlying methodology weighs historical event frequency against exposed assets and community vulnerability.
Data Sources & Methodology
Disaster declaration data comes from the FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 API, which includes all federally declared disasters, emergencies, and fire management assistance grants.
Storm event data is sourced from the NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025), which tracks significant weather events including thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and winter storms.
Flood insurance data comes from the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA claims dataset.
This data is provided for informational purposes only. FEMA disaster declarations represent federal response actions and may not capture all local emergencies or weather events.
What this means for Beauregard Parish
Beauregard Parish, LA has 43 federal declaration records, 4% more than the Louisiana county mean of 41; its history sits in PlainHazard's high activity band.
- Within this above-state-average declaration file, major disaster leads with 24 of 43 records; the category describes past federal action, not the next likely hazard. Louisiana overview
- The state benchmark and national rank point the same way: this count tops the Louisiana mean and the totals for 98% of 3,266 U.S. counties. Most-disaster rankings
- The large NFIP claims file and FEMA declaration history measure different federal records; the guide explains where they overlap and where they do not. Disaster-data guide
An above-average declaration count records past federal responses; it does not predict the next event. Current warnings come from the National Weather Service and local emergency officials.
PlainHazard derives this profile from FEMA's Disaster Declarations Summaries and National Risk Index data. The declaration comparison covers 3,266 U.S. counties and county equivalents in this database, refreshed as of 2026-08-03. Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.
All federal data sources used on this page
- FEMA OpenFEMA, Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 - all federally-declared disasters for this county. fema.gov/openfema/disaster-declarations
- FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) - per-county per-hazard risk ratings and expected annual loss. hazards.fema.gov/nri
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database - state-level storm/severe-weather event records, 2015-2025. ncdc.noaa.gov/stormevents
Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainHazard Editorial
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