Ice Storm Risk in Louisiana

All Louisiana counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index ice storm score

Ice Storm risk — freezing rain that coats surfaces in heavy, damaging ice — is rated for 64 of 64 Louisiana counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Caddo Parish carries the state's highest ice storm score at 100.0, with $9M in expected annual ice storm losses.

18 Louisiana counties are rated High or Very High for ice storm, and expected annual losses from ice storm total roughly $33M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Ice Storm

#CountyIce Storm ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Caddo Parish
100.0
Very High 1.47 / yr $9M
2 Bossier Parish
99.4
Very High 1.53 / yr $4M
3 Webster Parish
98.5
Very High 1.64 / yr $2M
4 Lincoln Parish
97.6
Very High 1.59 / yr $2M
5 Ouachita Parish
97.4
Very High 1.17 / yr $2M
6 Bienville Parish
95.4
Very High 1.59 / yr $1M
7 Claiborne Parish
94.4
High 1.65 / yr $834K
8 Avoyelles Parish
92.1
High 0.89 / yr $726K
9 East Baton Rouge Parish
92.0
High 0.50 / yr $946K
10 Lafayette Parish
90.3
High 0.67 / yr $1M
11 Calcasieu Parish
90.1
High 0.43 / yr $789K
12 Union Parish
90.0
High 1.28 / yr $625K
13 Jefferson Parish
89.7
High 0.04 / yr $760K
14 Rapides Parish
85.5
High 0.75 / yr $470K
15 Jackson Parish
85.4
High 1.37 / yr $401K
16 Beauregard Parish
84.9
High 0.54 / yr $538K
17 St. Landry Parish
84.8
High 0.82 / yr $408K
18 Morehouse Parish
83.8
High 1.14 / yr $337K
19 Acadia Parish
80.1
Medium 0.67 / yr $275K
20 Allen Parish
79.4
Medium 0.78 / yr $323K
21 Tangipahoa Parish
78.7
Medium 0.76 / yr $289K
22 St. Tammany Parish
78.1
Medium 0.53 / yr $370K
23 Natchitoches Parish
77.9
Medium 1.01 / yr $249K
24 Vernon Parish
77.2
Medium 0.80 / yr $258K
25 Evangeline Parish
76.3
Medium 0.90 / yr $204K
26 Livingston Parish
76.2
Medium 0.60 / yr $320K
27 Sabine Parish
74.9
Medium 0.95 / yr $181K
28 Richland Parish
73.9
Medium 1.00 / yr $177K
29 De Soto Parish
73.8
Medium 1.40 / yr $188K
30 Jefferson Davis Parish
73.3
Medium 0.62 / yr $221K
31 Ascension Parish
71.4
Medium 0.39 / yr $246K
32 St. Martin Parish
70.2
Medium 0.45 / yr $157K
33 West Carroll Parish
65.7
Medium 1.09 / yr $120K
34 Orleans Parish
64.6
Medium 0.20 / yr $133K
35 Vermilion Parish
64.2
Medium 0.35 / yr $131K
36 Franklin Parish
62.7
Medium 0.94 / yr $102K
37 Winn Parish
62.1
Medium 1.04 / yr $90K
38 Washington Parish
61.6
Medium 0.81 / yr $88K
39 Red River Parish
60.9
Medium 1.40 / yr $88K
40 Iberia Parish
60.4
Medium 0.21 / yr $98K
41 East Carroll Parish
58.7
Low 1.03 / yr $75K
42 Pointe Coupee Parish
57.6
Low 0.86 / yr $81K
43 Madison Parish
56.1
Low 0.88 / yr $66K
44 Concordia Parish
55.3
Low 0.94 / yr $72K
45 Grant Parish
49.0
Low 0.88 / yr $70K
46 Tensas Parish
48.5
Low 0.94 / yr $49K
47 East Feliciana Parish
47.1
Low 0.69 / yr $51K
48 Iberville Parish
46.1
Low 0.48 / yr $59K
49 Caldwell Parish
46.0
Low 1.00 / yr $57K
50 LaSalle Parish
44.1
Low 0.94 / yr $61K
51 Catahoula Parish
39.5
Low 0.92 / yr $32K
52 St. John the Baptist Parish
37.8
Low 0.31 / yr $49K
53 West Feliciana Parish
37.8
Low 0.83 / yr $41K
54 West Baton Rouge Parish
33.9
Low 0.50 / yr $51K
55 St. Helena Parish
33.4
Low 0.88 / yr $23K
56 St. Mary Parish
32.5
Low 0.12 / yr $29K
57 St. James Parish
27.3
Low 0.22 / yr $21K
58 Cameron Parish
24.9
Very Low 0.43 / yr $23K
59 St. Bernard Parish
17.1
Very Low 0.05 / yr $12K
60 St. Charles Parish
14.5
Very Low 0.07 / yr $9K
61 Plaquemines Parish
13.0
Very Low 0.01 / yr $7K
62 Assumption Parish
12.4
Very Low 0.06 / yr $5K
63 Terrebonne Parish
2.8
Very Low 0.01 / yr $1K
64 Lafourche Parish
1.4
Very Low 0.01 / yr $484

64 Louisiana counties with measurable ice storm risk. See the national ice storm ranking or all Louisiana counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Louisiana county has the highest ice storm risk?

Caddo Parish has the highest FEMA ice storm risk score in Louisiana at 100.0 (Very High), with $9M in expected annual losses and about 1.47 events per year.

How many Louisiana counties face significant ice storm risk?

64 Louisiana counties record measurable ice storm risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 18 of them are rated High or Very High.

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