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Cameron Parish, Louisiana

Recorded hazard history: storm events since 1950, federal disaster declarations since 1953, flood insurance claims since 1978, and FEMA's risk index.

FIPS 22023 · 5,080 residents (2021) · 1,285 sq mi · dominant hazard Wind

Hail · 52Tornado · 68Flood · 21Wind · 151Winter · 5

Cameron Parish within Louisiana. Dots: HailTornadoFloodWind event locations in the kept record. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

NCEI notes that Storm Data is compiled from a variety of sources including the National Weather Service, other federal, state and local agencies, the media and the public; that property and crop damage figures are estimates; and that some events are recorded by NWS forecast zone rather than by county. FEMA notes that NFIP claim records are redacted and aggregated to protect the privacy of policyholders. NCEI storm records through 30 Jun 2026; OpenFEMA declarations refreshed 29 Sep 2026; NFIP claims as of 8 Sep 2026.

Between 1950 and 2026, NCEI recorded 348 storm events in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, led by damaging wind.

That is 27.1 events per 100 square miles, below the Louisiana figure of 75.6, and 685.0 per 10,000 residents against 70.7 statewide.

0 events fall in the 12 months to 30 Jun 2026. NCEI attributes 7 deaths and 56 injuries to events in the county, with property damage estimated at $2.9B and crop damage at $29M.

FEMA has designated the county in 39 federal disaster declarations since 1953; the most recent is Severe Winter Storm (emergency, 24 Jan 2026).

National Flood Insurance Program policyholders in the county filed 3,470 claims since 1978, of which 3,046 were paid, totalling $210M (about $69K per paid claim). FEMA counts 910 residential flood policies in force.

FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county's overall risk as "Very Low" and its expected annual loss as "Very Low" ($11M a year across 18 hazards).

64 tropical storm or hurricane tracks in the HURDAT2 record passed within 100 miles of the county's centre at tropical-storm strength or more, 14 of them within 50 miles at hurricane strength.

0events, last 12 monthsto 30 Jun 2026

348events since 19507 deaths, 56 injuries recorded

39disaster declarationslast 24 Jan 2026

3,470NFIP flood claims$210M paid

Compared with Louisiana and the United States

Measure	Cameron Parish	Louisiana	US
Recorded events since 1950	348	32,679	1,977,440
Events per 100 square miles	27.1	75.6	56.0
Events per 10,000 residents	685.0	70.7	59.6
Events in the last 12 months	0	1,099	62,008
Deaths recorded by NCEI	7	1,332	26,435
Property damage (NCEI estimates)	$2.9B	$96B	$575B
NFIP claims per 1,000 residents	683.1	105.0	8.1
Average paid NFIP claim	$69K	$54K	$43K
Claims per 100 policies in force, last 10 years	68.7	10.0	16.1

County-recorded events plus zone-recorded events whose forecast zone is named for the county. State and US rows include events recorded only by forecast zone. Rates use 2021 Census population and land area.

Events by decade

Tornado: 1Wind: 1

Tornado: 4Wind: 5

Hail: 2Tornado: 13Wind: 10

Hail: 3Tornado: 13Wind: 13

Hail: 10Tornado: 11Flood: 5Wind: 41Tropical: 5Drought: 1Lightning: 1Other: 1

Hail: 24Tornado: 6Flood: 3Wind: 38Winter: 4Tropical: 11Heat: 2Drought: 2Wildfire: 1Lightning: 5Other: 4

Hail: 7Tornado: 13Flood: 10Wind: 25Winter: 1Tropical: 2Cold: 1Lightning: 3Other: 7

Hail: 6Tornado: 7Flood: 3Wind: 18Lightning: 1Other: 4

21950s91960s251970s291980s751990s1002000s692010s392020s

Recorded events in Cameron Parish by decade and hazard group. HailTornadoFloodWindWinterTropicalHeatColdDroughtWildfireLightningOther NCEI recorded only tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind before 1996.

Trend: 148 events in the 20 years to 2025 against 147 in the 20 years before. Reporting practice changed in 1996 and again with automated reports in the 2000s, so decade totals measure the record as much as the weather.

Events by type

Wind151

Tornado68

Hail52

Flood21

Tropical18

Other16

Lightning10

Winter5

Drought3

Heat2

Cold1

Wildfire1

Hazard	Events	Deaths	Share of state's events
■ Wind	151	1	1.2%	detail
■ Tornado	68	3	2.4%	detail
■ Hail	52	—	0.8%	detail
■ Flood	21	—	0.6%	detail
■ Tropical	18	—	1.5%
■ Other	16	—	5.1%
■ Lightning	10	3	2.3%
■ Winter	5	—	0.5%
■ Drought	3	—	0.2%
■ Heat	2	—	0.1%
■ Cold	1	—	0.4%
■ Wildfire	1	—	3.7%

Hazard pages exist for hail, tornado, flood, wind and winter where the county has at least 10 recorded events. "Other" covers heavy rain, debris flow, dust, funnel clouds and similar reports.

Largest recorded events

Date	Event type	Group	Magnitude	Property damage	Crop damage	Deaths	Injuries	Geography
23 Sep 2005	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$2.8B	—	—	—	Forecast zone
28 Aug 1962	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	2	30	County
8 Jul 2004	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	3	County
11 Oct 1970	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$250K	—	1	2	County
9 Oct 2009	High Wind	Wind	70 mph	$75K	—	1	—	Forecast zone
27 Jun 2002	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
10 May 2013	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	1	—	County
12 Sep 2008	Storm Surge/Tide	Tropical	—	$75M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
22 Oct 1979	Tornado	Tornado	F2	$2.5M	—	—	6	County
12 Sep 2008	Hurricane (Typhoon)	Tropical	—	$20M	$25M	—	—	Forecast zone
13 Mar 1999	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$50K	—	—	3	County
31 May 1974	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	3	County
14 Aug 2016	Flood	Flood	—	$25M	—	—	—	County
2 Apr 2000	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$300K	—	—	2	County
27 Jun 1989	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$250K	—	—	2	County
15 Jan 1991	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	0 mph	—	—	—	2	County
29 Nov 1977	Tornado	Tornado	F1	$25K	—	—	1	County
21 Aug 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Wind	—	$20K	—	—	1	County
9 Sep 1998	Tropical Storm	Tropical	—	$10M	—	—	—	Forecast zone
14 Aug 2002	Lightning	Lightning	—	—	—	—	1	County

Ranked by deaths, then injuries, then NCEI's damage estimate. Deaths and injuries are NCEI counts (direct plus indirect); no personal details are recorded here.

Federal disaster declarations

Declared	Number	Type	Incident	Title	Programs
24 Jan 2026	EM-3638	Emergency	Winter Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
10 Sep 2024	EM-3614	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Francine	Public assistance
13 Sep 2021	EM-3574	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Nicholas	Public assistance
29 Aug 2021	DR-4611	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ida	Public assistance
27 Aug 2021	EM-3568	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Ida	Public assistance
9 Mar 2021	DR-4590	Major disaster	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms	Public assistance
18 Feb 2021	EM-3556	Emergency	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
12 Jan 2021	DR-4577	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Zeta	Public assistance
27 Oct 2020	EM-3549	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Zeta	Public assistance
16 Oct 2020	DR-4570	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta	Individual assistance, Public assistance
7 Oct 2020	EM-3547	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta	Public assistance
14 Sep 2020	EM-3543	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Sally	Public assistance
28 Aug 2020	DR-4559	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Laura	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Aug 2020	EM-3538	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storms Laura And Marco	Public assistance
7 Jun 2020	EM-3527	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Cristobal	Public assistance
24 Mar 2020	DR-4484	Major disaster	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Mar 2020	EM-3459	Emergency	Biological	Covid-19	Public assistance
27 Aug 2019	DR-4458	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Barry	Public assistance
11 Jul 2019	EM-3416	Emergency	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Barry	Public assistance
16 Oct 2017	DR-4345	Major disaster	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey	Public assistance
28 Aug 2017	EM-3382	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey	Public assistance
14 Aug 2016	DR-4277	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding	Public assistance
29 Aug 2012	DR-4080	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaac	Public assistance
27 Aug 2012	EM-3347	Emergency	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Isaac	Public assistance
13 Sep 2008	DR-1792	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Individual assistance, Public assistance
11 Sep 2008	EM-3295	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike	Public assistance
2 Sep 2008	DR-1786	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Individual assistance, Public assistance
29 Aug 2008	EM-3289	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav	Public assistance
24 Sep 2005	DR-1607	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Individual assistance, Public assistance
21 Sep 2005	EM-3260	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita	Public assistance
29 Aug 2005	DR-1603	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina	Individual assistance, Public assistance
27 Aug 2005	EM-3212	Emergency	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina	Public assistance
3 Oct 2002	DR-1437	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Lili	Individual assistance, Public assistance
23 Sep 1998	DR-1246	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Georges/Ts Frances	Individual assistance, Public assistance
18 Mar 1997	DR-1169	Major disaster	Severe Storm	Severe Winter Storm	Public assistance
26 Aug 1992	DR-956	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Andrew	Individual assistance, Public assistance
1 Nov 1985	DR-752	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Juan	Public assistance
27 Apr 1973	DR-374	Major disaster	Flood	Severe Storms & Flooding	Individual assistance, Public assistance
13 Oct 1971	DR-315	Major disaster	Hurricane	Hurricane Edith	Public assistance

Declarations in which FEMA designated this county, from the OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2). DR: major disaster; EM: emergency; FM: fire management assistance. Programs show whether individual or public assistance was made available.

Flood insurance claims

197820022026

NFIP claims by year of loss in Cameron Parish, 1978 to 2026 (hover for the amount paid).

Claims since 19783,470

Paid claims3,046

Total paid$210M

Average paid claim$69K

Repetitive-loss properties35459 severe

Residential policies in force91030.1% of 3,021 structures

Year of loss	Claims	Paid claims	Amount paid	Average paid
2025	1	0	$0	—
2024	1	1	$19,193	$19,193
2023	2	2	$592,353	$296,177
2020	617	464	$38,209,656	$82,348
2019	2	2	$41,003	$20,501
2017	2	2	$15,497	$7,749
2016	8	7	$229,616	$32,802
2015	1	0	$0	—
2013	5	4	$154,899	$38,725
2011	3	3	$51,801	$17,267
2008	1,108	1,012	$62,437,648	$61,697
2006	1	1	$42,091	$42,091
2005	1,348	1,265	$105,329,818	$83,265
2004	4	1	$64,822	$64,822
2002	11	9	$65,573	$7,286
2001	7	5	$29,814	$5,963
1998	57	48	$684,057	$14,251
1997	22	20	$409,687	$20,484
1996	10	9	$100,827	$11,203
1995	8	8	$59,610	$7,451
1994	5	3	$62,772	$20,924
1993	9	8	$58,523	$7,315
1992	1	0	$0	—
1991	5	4	$24,157	$6,039
1990	6	4	$5,241	$1,310

OpenFEMA NFIP claims (v3, as of 8 Sep 2026), aggregated by year of loss; amounts are building, contents and increased-cost-of-compliance payments as recorded. Repetitive-loss counts from the NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (2 Aug 2026); policies in force from the NFIP Residential Penetration Rates file (3 Aug 2026).

National Risk Index

Overall riskVery Lowscore 33.7 of 100

Expected annual loss$11MVery Low

Social vulnerabilityRelatively Moderate

Community resilienceVery High

Hazard (NRI)	Risk rating	Expected annual loss
Coastal flooding	Relatively High	$3,578,894
Hurricane	Relatively Moderate	$2,534,130
Lightning	Relatively High	$1,666,293
Inland flooding	Very Low	$841,309
Wildfire	Relatively Low	$815,298
Tornado	Relatively Low	$399,120
Drought	Relatively Low	$304,163
Cold wave	Very Low	$179,004
Strong wind	Very Low	$136,334
Heat wave	Very Low	$55,514
Ice storm	Very Low	$23,020
Hail	Very Low	$19,512
Earthquake	Very Low	$10,063
Winter weather	Very Low	$2,589
Landslide	Very Low	$4

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 release. Ratings are FEMA's relative comparison of counties; expected annual loss is FEMA's modelled estimate of average yearly building, population and agriculture loss. See how to read the NRI.

Hurricane and tropical storm passes

Tracks within 100 miles64

Tracks within 50 miles31

Hurricane strength within 50 miles14

Storm	Year	Closest approach	Max wind while within 100 mi
Laura	2020	9 mi	150 mph
Delta	2020	6 mi	104 mph
Barry	2019	43 mi	75 mph
Cindy	2017	32 mi	52 mph
Harvey	2017	21 mi	52 mph
Lee	2011	47 mi	58 mph
Edouard	2008	62 mi	63 mph
Gustav	2008	77 mi	69 mph
Humberto	2007	39 mi	92 mph
Rita	2005	34 mi	121 mph
Ivan	2004	54 mi	58 mph
Lili	2002	63 mi	92 mph
Andrew	1992	89 mi	92 mph
Chantal	1989	73 mi	81 mph
Unnamed Atlantic storm	1987	84 mi	46 mph
Bonnie	1986	65 mi	86 mph
Danny	1985	29 mi	92 mph
Juan	1985	41 mi	86 mph
Chris	1982	38 mi	63 mph
Danielle	1980	36 mi	58 mph
Claudette	1979	48 mi	52 mph
Debra	1978	32 mi	58 mph
Babe	1977	94 mi	58 mph
Carmen	1974	55 mi	86 mph
Edith	1971	26 mi	98 mph

HURDAT2 best-track positions at tropical-storm strength (34 kt) or more, measured from the county's Census centre point; through the 2025 season. Distance from a track is not the same as the extent of the storm's wind, rain or surge.

ZIP codes with flood claims

70631 1,564
70645 492
70643 376
70632 340
70630 42

ZIP codes whose NFIP claims carry this county's code, with the number of claims. Five or more claims are needed for a ZIP page to be indexed.

Questions and answers

How often does it hail in Cameron Parish, LA?

NCEI records 52 hail events in Cameron Parish since 1950, in 24 different years; that is about 0.7 recorded events a year. 16 reports were golf-ball size (1.75 in) or larger.

Has Cameron Parish had a tornado?

Yes. NCEI records 68 tornadoes in Cameron Parish since 1950, 7 of them rated (E)F2 or stronger. Tornado deaths recorded: 3.

When was the last federal disaster declaration for Cameron Parish?

24 Jan 2026: Severe Winter Storm, a emergency declaration for winter storm. The county appears in 39 declarations since 1953.

How many flood insurance claims have been filed in Cameron Parish, and how much was paid?

3,470 NFIP claims since 1978, 3,046 of them paid, for $210M in total. FEMA publishes these figures redacted and aggregated; individual properties are not identified.

Is Cameron Parish in the National Risk Index's high-risk band?

FEMA's National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the county "Very Low" for overall risk, "Very Low" for expected annual loss, "Relatively Moderate" for social vulnerability and "Very High" for community resilience. These ratings are FEMA's relative comparison across all US counties.

How does Cameron Parish compare with the rest of Louisiana?

27.1 recorded events per 100 square miles against 75.6 statewide, and 683.1 NFIP claims per 1,000 residents against 105.0. The comparison table on this page shows each measure beside the state and national figures.

Provenance

Storm events: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, yearly details files through 30 Jun 2026 (public domain). Declarations: OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, refreshed 29 Sep 2026. Flood claims: OpenFEMA NfipClaims v3 as of 8 Sep 2026; NfipMultipleLossProperties v1 (2 Aug 2026); NfipResidentialPenetrationRates v1 (3 Aug 2026). Risk index: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025. Hurricane tracks: NHC HURDAT2 through 2025. Population and area: US Census Bureau, 2021 vintage. Built 30 Sep 2026; see the methodology and corrections pages. Hazard hubs: Hail · Tornado · Flood · Wind · Winter.