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Natural hazards in Turkey Creek · FEMA

Storms, floods and disasters in Turkey Creek

Turkey Creek isn’t graded for hazard risk: Turkey Creek has 449 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.

Flood claims
0
paid since 1978 · $0
Disasters paid out here
3
of 25 declared for Evangeline Parish
By hazard

What Turkey Creek 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

58%of expected building damage
Above average · higher than 76% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about once every 1 years in the area

Hurricanes

33%of expected building damage
Well above average · in the top 10% of U.S. census tracts
Recorded about once every 9 years in the area
Smaller shares here
 Tornadoes Wildfire Strong wind Hail Ice storms Earthquakes Winter storms Cold waves top 5% Lightning 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 cold waves at 27% of Turkey Creek’s expected losses. Cold waves do little damage to buildings (0.1%), 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 Turkey Creek flood? No paid flood claims on record

FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Turkey Creek. 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

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

Insurance rates: Evangeline Parish.
What’s been done with FEMA grants
1building retrofitted against wind
Disasters

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Turkey Creek

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

  1. 2020Hurricane Laura$57K to the Village of Turkey Creek for repairs
  2. 2008Hurricane Gustav58 households applied for aid$70K aid approved
  3. 2005Hurricane Rita82 households applied for aid$94K aid approved$1K to the Village of Turkey Creek for repairs
Disasters declared, by decade
Paid out in Turkey CreekEvangeline Parish only

Evangeline Parish has had 25 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often hurricanes and tropical storms, then winter storms.

Also 1 FEMA wildfire suppression grant (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Evangeline Parish, 2000–2000.

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Get ready for what Turkey Creek 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 Turkey Creek

Is Turkey Creek 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 Evangeline Parish, 18% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 3.9% of all homes do.

How much is flood insurance in Turkey Creek?

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

By FEMA money that reached Turkey Creek, Hurricane Rita (2005): 82 households applied for aid, $94K approved, and $1K to the Village of Turkey Creek for repairs.

Storm stories

Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Turkey Creek.

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