110 flood insurance claims·$3.1M paid·23 federal flood & hurricane disasters
Share of the whole county outline, rivers and lakes included; parts FEMA hasn’t mapped count as zero.
Shaded areas are FEMA’s mapped flood hazard zones in and around East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Zoomed out they are simplified; at street level the map switches to FEMA’s exact layer. Tap anywhere to check that spot, or search an address above.
Flash flooding from severe storms and slow-moving weather systems dominates the historical flood profile of East Feliciana Parish, backed by 19 flash flood events alongside impacts from tropical storms, hurricanes, and tropical depressions over the last 30 years. Recent events recorded in the area include slow-moving thunderstorms that produced flash flooding on March 29, 2025, and repeated heavy rainfall events on April 21, 2025, driven by a stalling cold front and sustained thunderstorm growth.
National Flood Insurance Program records show varying impacts across different zones in the parish. Zone A accounts for the highest claim volume with 72 claims, averaging a $35,679 payout and an average recorded water depth of 7 inches. Meanwhile, Zone X properties recorded 11 claims with an average payout of $72,235 and an average recorded water depth of 17 inches. Zone UNKNOWN recorded 19 claims averaging $6,169 with a 4-inch average water depth, and Zone X_UNSHADED recorded 8 claims averaging $13,922 with a 2-inch average water depth.
Homeowners, real estate agents, and journalists should pay the closest attention to properties located within Zone A due to the high frequency of claims, as well as properties in Zone X where average claim payouts and recorded water depths were notably higher.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
10% of East Feliciana Parish’s flood insurance claims were on properties rated outside FEMA’s high-risk zones.
80 NFIP claims with a recorded rated flood zone, 1978 to date. The zone is the one FEMA used to rate that policy, which may not match today’s map. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
In flood insurance claims here that reported a flood depth, the average was 7 inches.
Drawn to scale against an 80-inch door. Even a few inches soaks flooring, the bottom of the drywall and anything plugged in near the floor.
Average of the depths reported on claims (zero and implausible values left out); FEMA’s record doesn’t say exactly where each depth was measured. Source: OpenFEMA NFIP claims.
The worst year was 2016, with 20 claims and $1.5M paid, the year of Severe Storms and Flooding.
Bar height is scaled by square root so ordinary years stay visible next to the worst one. NFIP claims by year of loss. Source: OpenFEMA.
19 NOAA storm reports from East Feliciana Parish describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Louisiana flood stories →
40 federal disaster declarations since 1965, 23 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Tropical Storm Francine | Sep 10, 2024 |
| Hurricane Francine | Sep 9, 2024 |
| Tropical Storm Nicholas | Sep 12, 2021 |
| Hurricane Ida | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Tropical Storm Ida | Aug 26, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storm | Feb 11, 2021 |
| Severe Winter Storms | Feb 11, 2021 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
29 since 1996: 19 flash floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Mar 29, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | Mar 29, 2025 | $100,000 |
| Flash Flood | Apr 21, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | Apr 21, 2025 | $4,000 |
| Tropical Storm | Sep 11, 2024 | $3,000 |
| Flash Flood | Feb 11, 2021 | — |
| Tropical Storm | Oct 9, 2020 | $5.0M |
| Tropical Storm | Jul 13, 2019 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Mar 29, 2025. An upper level system moved across the area very slowly on March 29th. The flow pattern in the upper levels were quite conducive for sustained thunderstorm growth. Add in ample moisture in place to produce moderate to heavy rain and the environment was prime for producing flash flooding. Training thunderstorms in the Baton Rouge Metro area resulted in flash flooding.
Flash Flood · Apr 21, 2025. On the afternoon of April 21st, a cold front approaching the region began to stall over central Louisiana as upper-level support and steering flow shifted northeastward. With the front losing its dynamical push, storms developed ahead of it across the New Orleans area and became slow-moving due to the lack of steering flow. These storms produced efficient, long-duration rainfall over the city, and the urban landsc…
Tropical Storm · Sep 11, 2024. Hurricane Francine formed as a tropical storm in the Gulf of Mexico on September 9, 2024, and intensified into a Category 2 hurricane before making landfall near Houma, Louisiana, on the morning of September 11. With sustained winds of 100 mph and gusts peaking at 105 mph, Francine brought widespread damage to southeastern Louisiana and southern Mississippi. A storm surge of 6-9 feet inundated low-lying coastal ar…
Flash Flood · Feb 11, 2021. A cold front slowly tracked across the region on the morning of the 11th. The slow movement of the cold front in combination with abundant moisture in place allowed for training of heavy rainfall. Over 6 inches of rain fell in a short time period which resulted in flash flooding.
National Weather Service narratives, lightly trimmed. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Every colour on the map above is a place on this drawing: where the ground sits relative to the flood FEMA plans for.
If a building in East Feliciana Parish is in a high-risk zone (A or V) and its mortgage comes from a federally regulated or insured lender, or is federally backed, flood insurance is required.
Outside those zones it is optional, and often worth having: from 2014 to 2024 nearly one-third of NFIP claims came from outside the high-risk Special Flood Hazard Area. Since Risk Rating 2.0, NFIP premiums are set for each building, so the only reliable price is a quote: FloodSmart.gov or a local agent.