On FEMA’s figures, Pierre Part faces more hazard damage per building than 97% of U.S. towns, mostly from hurricanes
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Pierre Part gets a D− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 97% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is hurricanes (63%), then river and rain flooding (34%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What stands out about Pierre Part’s natural hazards
From FEMA’s model and FEMA’s records, below.
What Pierre Part faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
Hurricanes
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Pierre Part’s grade
Hurricanes are 63% of the building damage FEMA expects in Pierre Part, and Pierre Part’s rate of hurricanes damage is in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts. Next is river and rain flooding at 34% (higher than 86% of U.S. census tracts).
D− higher expected damage per building than 97% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Pierre Part’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $2.5M a year in losses across Pierre Part: $2.0M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Pierre Part flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Pierre Part. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Pierre Part isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Assumption Parish.8 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Pierre Part
Disasters that paid out in Pierre Part itself (aid to households or repair grants to Pierre Part), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Hurricane Francine293 households applied for aid$962K aid approved
- 2021Hurricane Ida951 households applied for aid$548K aid approved
- 2016Severe Storms and Flooding2 households applied for aid$2K aid approved
- 2012Hurricane Isaac71 households applied for aid$40K aid approved
- 2008Hurricane Ike2 households applied for aid$16K aid approved
- 2008Hurricane Gustav934 households applied for aid$1.1M aid approved
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- 2005Hurricane Rita6 households applied for aid$4K aid approved
- 2005Hurricane Katrina562 households applied for aid$572K aid approved
Assumption Parish has had 36 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then floods.
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Add to the Pierre Part archive →Get ready for what Pierre Part faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- The season runs June through November and peaks from mid-August to mid-October.
- Bring in porch furniture and anything the wind can throw.
- Fill the gas tank and charge phones before the storm arrives.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Pierre Part
Is Pierre Part at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Pierre Part has higher expected damage per building than 97% of U.S. towns: D− for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is hurricanes (63%) and river and rain flooding (34%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Pierre Part in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Assumption Parish, 29% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 11.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Pierre Part?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Pierre Part’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Pierre Part?
By FEMA money that reached Pierre Part, Hurricane Gustav (2008): 934 households applied for aid, $1.1M approved.
Is Pierre Part at risk from hurricanes?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (63%), and Pierre Part’s rate for it is in the top 2% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Pierre Part.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Pierre Part’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.