Bank of Glen Jean · Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia) · CC BY-SA 3.0Storms, floods and disasters in Glen Jean
Glen Jean isn’t graded for hazard risk: Glen Jean has 34 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more.
What Glen Jean 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
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 Glen Jean flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Glen Jean. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Glen Jean isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Fayette County.6 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Glen Jean
Disasters that paid out in Glen Jean itself (aid to households or repair grants to Glen Jean), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2024Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, Tornadoes, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides3 households applied for aid$9K aid approved
- 2012Severe Storms and Straight-line Winds7 households applied for aid$10K aid approved
- 2010Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides35 households applied for aid$128K aid approved
- 2004Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides1 households applied for aid$198 aid approved
- 2003Severe Storms, Flooding, and Landslides11 households applied for aid$39K aid approved
- 2003Severe Winter Storm, Record/near Record Snow, Heavy Rains, Flooding and Landslides2 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
Fayette County has had 20 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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How expected damage per building compares across the town line. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | — | 397 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Glen Jean faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- 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.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Glen Jean
Is Glen Jean 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 Fayette County, 9% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.6% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Glen Jean?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Glen Jean’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 Glen Jean?
By FEMA money that reached Glen Jean, Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides (2010): 35 households applied for aid, $128K approved.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Glen Jean.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Glen Jean’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.