286 flood insurance claims·$6.4M paid·17 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 Evangeline 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 driven by slow-moving frontal systems and thunderstorms dominates the flood risk profile in Evangeline Parish, accounting for 24 of the 34 total recorded flood events over the last 30 years, alongside impacts from tropical storms and hurricanes. Recent weather patterns illustrate this vulnerability, including a slow-moving cold front that stalled across the region from May 6 to May 9, 2025, producing multiple rounds of heavy rain and flash flooding. Another significant event occurred on March 31, 2025, when a slow-moving cold front and series of upper disturbances brought multiple days of stormy weather and localized flooding to the area.
National Flood Insurance Program records show that flood impacts extend across multiple zones, with the highest concentration of claims occurring in designated hazard areas. Properties located in Zone A account for 151 claims with an average recorded water depth of 5 inches and an average payout of $24,659. Meanwhile, properties designated as Zone X recorded 103 claims with an average water depth of 3 inches and an average payout of $39,668. Homeowners and real estate professionals in Zone A and Zone X should pay the closest attention to flood risks, as both high-risk and moderate-to-low-risk zones have experienced repeated claims and property damage from heavy precipitation events.
Summary written from NOAA storm reports and NFIP claims for this county. Not a prediction.
3% of Evangeline Parish’s flood insurance claims were on properties rated outside FEMA’s high-risk zones.
155 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 4 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 75 claims and $2.5M 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.
15 NOAA storm reports from Evangeline Parish describe what happened, in the words of the forecasters who covered it. Read the Louisiana flood stories →
35 federal disaster declarations since 1971, 17 of them floods, coastal storms or hurricanes.
| Disaster | Began |
|---|---|
| Severe Winter Storm | Jan 23, 2026 |
| Tropical Storm Francine | Sep 10, 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 |
| Hurricane Zeta | Oct 26, 2020 |
Weather and water disasters only; most recent first. Source: OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations.
34 since 1996: 24 flash floods and 2 river or area floods.
| Event | Date | Damage |
|---|---|---|
| Flash Flood | Mar 31, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | May 6, 2025 | — |
| Flash Flood | Jan 24, 2024 | — |
| Flash Flood | Apr 10, 2024 | $3,000 |
| Flash Flood | Mar 22, 2022 | — |
| Flash Flood | Dec 14, 2022 | — |
| Flash Flood | Dec 11, 2022 | — |
| Flash Flood | Sep 15, 2021 | — |
— = no damage estimate in the record. Source: NOAA Storm Events Database.
Flash Flood · Mar 31, 2025. A series of upper disturbances and a slow moving cold front created multiple days of stormy weather across portions of Louisiana. Severe weather and flooding occurred.
Flash Flood · May 6, 2025. A warm front slowly lifted north across the region during the 6th causing rain and thunderstorms. A low pressure system and associated cold front slowly pushed back across the area on the 7th and stalled into the 9th with a couple rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms.
Flash Flood · Jan 24, 2024. A slow moving storm system affected Central and South Louisiana with multiple days of heavy rain and a few severe storms.
Flash Flood · Apr 10, 2024. A strong upper low moved across the region and interacted with a frontal boundary that was moving south across the area. Flooding, high wind gusts, hail, and tornadoes occurred in Louisiana as a result of this system.
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 Evangeline 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.