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Natural hazards in Slaughter · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Slaughter

Slaughter isn’t graded for hazard risk: FEMA’s tract figures aren’t matched to Slaughter yet.

Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
7
of 29 declared for East Feliciana Parish
By hazard

What Slaughter faces

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

River and rain flooding

69%of expected building damage
Above average · higher than 80% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hurricanes

24%of expected building damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area
Smaller shares here
 Tornadoes Hail Earthquakes Ice storms Wildfire Cold waves top 2% Strong wind Lightning Winter storms Heat waves Landslides
FEMA models no building damage here
Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
People, not buildings.Counting harm to people as well as buildings, FEMA’s model puts tornadoes at 15% of Slaughter’s expected losses. Tornadoes do little damage to buildings (4.9%), so they aren’t part of the grade.

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.

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 Slaughter flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Slaughter. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.

of homes in flood zones are insured
of all homes are insured
No community discount

Slaughter isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: East Feliciana Parish.
Disasters

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Slaughter

Disasters that paid out in Slaughter itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Slaughter), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.

  1. 2021Hurricane Ida733 households applied for aid$754K aid approved
  2. 2021Severe Winter Storms2 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
  3. 2016Severe Storms and Flooding273 households applied for aid$1.4M aid approved
  4. 2012Hurricane Isaac70 households applied for aid$24K aid approved$6K to the Town of Slaughter for repairs
  5. 2008Hurricane Gustav435 households applied for aid$259K aid approved$65K to the Town of Slaughter for repairs
  6. 2005Hurricane Rita$3K to the Town of Slaughter for repairs
Show all 7
  1. 2005Hurricane Katrina452 households applied for aid$509K aid approved$12K to the Town of Slaughter for repairs
Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in SlaughterEast Feliciana Parish only

East Feliciana Parish has had 29 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then floods.

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Get ready for what Slaughter faces

A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.

When the river rises
  • 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.
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Hurricane season
  • 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.
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Before you buy or rent
  • 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.
When a storm is coming
Forecast and alertsWeather →911, the nearest ERSafety →

Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.

Questions about natural hazards in Slaughter

Is Slaughter 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 East Feliciana Parish, 23% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 1.7% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Slaughter?

FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Slaughter’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 Slaughter?

By FEMA money that reached Slaughter, Severe Storms and Flooding (2016): 273 households applied for aid, $1.4M approved.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Slaughter.

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Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Slaughter’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.