Camp Moore · Photo: Sf46 · Public domainStorms, floods and disasters in Tangipahoa
Tangipahoa isn’t graded for hazard risk: Tangipahoa has 522 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1985.
What Tangipahoa 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.
Does Tangipahoa flood? Sometimes: 11 flood claims since 1985
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Tangipahoa, from FEMA’s records.
- The Mid-summer severe storms5 claims · $202K
- Hurricane Juan2 claims · $16K
- Hurricane Lili1 claim · $768
Tangipahoa isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Tangipahoa Parish.9 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Tangipahoa
Disasters that paid out in Tangipahoa itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Tangipahoa), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2021Hurricane Ida239 households applied for aid$821K aid approved
- 2016Severe Storms and Flooding239 households applied for aid$1.6M aid approved
- 2016Severe Storms and Flooding185 households applied for aid$367K aid approved$5K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs
- 2012Hurricane Isaac199 households applied for aid$329K aid approved$15K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs
- 2008Hurricane Ike125 households applied for aid$328K aid approved
- 2008Hurricane Gustav196 households applied for aid$329K aid approved$74K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs
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- 2005Hurricane Katrina405 households applied for aid$708K aid approved$81K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs
- 2004Hurricane Ivan$2K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs
- 2002Hurricane Lili$3K to the Village of Tangipahoa for repairs1 flood claim paid for it, $768
Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa archive →Get ready for what Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa
Does Tangipahoa flood?
Flood insurance has paid 11 claims in Tangipahoa since 1985, $231K in all. The most claims came from Mid-summer severe storms (5).
Is Tangipahoa 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 Tangipahoa Parish, 34% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 15.1% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Tangipahoa?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Tangipahoa’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 Tangipahoa?
By FEMA money that reached Tangipahoa, Severe Storms and Flooding (2016): 239 households applied for aid, $1.6M approved. By flood claims, Mid-summer severe storms: 5 paid, $202K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Tangipahoa.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Tangipahoa’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.