Cameron Parish, Louisiana: hazard history
What federal records show has already happened here: disaster declarations, storms, and flood insurance claims. This is a record of the past. It is not a forecast and not a hazard score.
At a glance
What this means
- The event NOAA recorded most often here is Astronomical Low Tide, with 161 records.
- The costliest single record is Hurricane (Typhoon) in 2005: $2.8B in property damage, in the dollars of that year.
- The deadliest record is Rip Current in 2023, with 3 deaths.
- FEMA has declared 39 disasters that named this county, most often for hurricane.
- The worst year for flood insurance claims was 2005, with 1,348 claims.
What this can't tell you
- What happens next. Past events do not set the odds of the next one.
- Anything before 1996 from NOAA. That is when NOAA began recording every event type; earlier files hold only tornado, hail and wind, so they are left out on purpose.
- Today's cost. Damage and payments are in the dollars of the year they happened.
- A flood rate. NFIP counts claims but not how many homes were insured, and many flooded homes carry no flood insurance.
- Earthquakes, wildfire perimeters or radar-detected hail. Those records are not tied to counties.
Federal disaster declarations (FEMA)
FEMA declared 39 disasters that named Cameron Parish between 1971 and 2026.
| Incident type | Disasters | Most recent |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane | 28 | 2024 |
| Coastal Storm | 3 | 2021 |
| Biological | 2 | 2020 |
| Flood | 2 | 2016 |
| Severe Ice Storm | 2 | 2021 |
| Severe Storm | 1 | 1997 |
| Winter Storm | 1 | 2026 |
Most recent declarations
- EM-3638 2026 · Winter Storm · Severe Winter Storm
- EM-3614 2024 · Hurricane · Tropical Storm Francine
- EM-3574 2021 · Coastal Storm · Tropical Storm Nicholas
- EM-3568 2021 · Hurricane · Tropical Storm Ida
- DR-4611 2021 · Hurricane · Hurricane Ida
- EM-3556 2021 · Severe Ice Storm · Severe Winter Storm
- DR-4590 2021 · Severe Ice Storm · Severe Winter Storms
- EM-3549 2020 · Hurricane · Tropical Storm Zeta
- DR-4577 2020 · Hurricane · Hurricane Zeta
- EM-3547 2020 · Hurricane · Hurricane Delta
Not counted above: 7 statewide declarations, which covered every county in Louisiana. A declaration is a decision to send federal help, not a measure of how bad an event was. Records run from 1953. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries.
Storms recorded by NOAA, by type
| Event type | Records | Deaths | Injuries | Property damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astronomical Low Tide | 161 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 93 | 0 | 1 | $2.4M |
| Hail | 43 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Tornado | 31 | 0 | 5 | $797K |
| Coastal Flood | 27 | 0 | 0 | $224K |
| Funnel Cloud | 15 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Tropical Storm | 14 | 0 | 0 | $10.9M |
| Winter Weather | 13 | 0 | 0 | $5K |
| Storm Surge/Tide | 12 | 0 | 0 | $75.0M |
| Lightning | 10 | 3 | 4 | $6K |
| Hurricane (Typhoon) | 9 | 0 | 0 | $3.5B |
| Flash Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $186K |
| Flood | 5 | 0 | 0 | $25.7M |
| Drought | 4 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Heat | 4 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| High Wind | 3 | 1 | 0 | $95K |
| Seiche | 3 | 0 | 0 | $75K |
| Strong Wind | 3 | 0 | 0 | $8K |
| Blizzard | 2 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Winter Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
| Rip Current | 1 | 3 | 1 | $0 |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | $0 |
Records start in 1996. Damage is NOAA's estimate at the time, in nominal dollars, and is often rounded; it is not insurance claims data. A storm that crossed two NOAA zones in this county is recorded, and counted, once per zone.
Year by year
NOAA storm event records in Cameron Parish each year. The busiest year was 2026, with 34 records.
Show the numbers for every year
| Year | Records | Deaths | Property damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 0 | $150K |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 | $120K |
| 1998 | 20 | 0 | $11.3M |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 | $70K |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 | $371K |
| 2001 | 8 | 0 | $290K |
| 2002 | 11 | 1 | $550K |
| 2003 | 14 | 0 | $0 |
| 2004 | 7 | 1 | $62K |
| 2005 | 3 | 0 | $2.8B |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | $12K |
| 2007 | 6 | 0 | $54K |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 | $95.8M |
| 2009 | 19 | 1 | $183K |
| 2010 | 8 | 0 | $2K |
| 2011 | 13 | 0 | $35K |
| 2012 | 26 | 0 | $57K |
| 2013 | 12 | 1 | $757K |
| 2014 | 22 | 0 | $75K |
| 2015 | 19 | 0 | $12K |
| 2016 | 13 | 0 | $25.0M |
| 2017 | 21 | 0 | $92K |
| 2018 | 23 | 0 | $12K |
| 2019 | 14 | 0 | $28K |
| 2020 | 17 | 0 | $750.0M |
| 2021 | 13 | 0 | $10K |
| 2022 | 22 | 0 | $0 |
| 2023 | 16 | 3 | $15K |
| 2024 | 31 | 0 | $265K |
| 2025 | 26 | 0 | $250K |
| 2026 | 34 | 0 | $0 |
Years with no record are left out of the table, not shown as zero.
Notable events
Costliest records
- Hurricane (Typhoon) · Sep 23, 2005$2.8BNOAA name: CAMERON · NOAA record 5475132
- Hurricane (Typhoon) · Aug 26, 2020$300.0MNOAA name: EAST CAMERON · NOAA record 917454
- Hurricane (Typhoon) · Aug 26, 2020$200.0MNOAA name: WEST CAMERON · NOAA record 917509
- Hurricane (Typhoon) · Oct 9, 2020$200.0MNOAA name: EAST CAMERON · NOAA record 925829
- Storm Surge/Tide · Sep 12, 2008$75.0MNOAA name: CAMERON · NOAA record 136874
Deadliest records
- Rip Current · Mar 12, 20233 deathsNOAA name: WEST CAMERON · 1 injury · NOAA record 1088947
- Lightning · Jun 27, 20021 deathNOAA name: CAMERON · NOAA record 5302149
- Lightning · Jul 8, 20041 deathNOAA name: CAMERON · 3 injuries · NOAA record 5412902
- High Wind · Oct 9, 20091 deathNOAA name: CAMERON · $75K damage · NOAA record 200010
- Lightning · May 10, 20131 deathNOAA name: CAMERON · NOAA record 451689
Each line is one NOAA record, linked to its page at NOAA. One large storm can appear more than once if NOAA recorded it in several zones of this county. Dollars are nominal.
Flood insurance claims (NFIP)
The National Flood Insurance Program paid $203.1M on 3,471 claims in Cameron Parish from 1979 to 2024.
| Year | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 1,348 | $100.9M |
| 2008 | 1,108 | $60.2M |
| 2020 | 617 | $38.0M |
| 1989 | 68 | $746K |
| 1998 | 57 | $684K |
A count of claims, not a rate: NFIP publishes no count of insured homes beside it, and most flood damage is uninsured. Nominal dollars. Records run from 1978 to 2024; claims filed without a county code are not on any county page. Source: FEMA OpenFEMA FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims.
Hazard vulnerability analysis: the probability column for a facility in Cameron Parish
A hazard vulnerability analysis rates each hazard for probability, impact, preparedness and response. Probability is the one column the county’s federal record can fill — NCEI storm events from 1996 to 2026 and FEMA declarations naming the county — and this is what it says for a facility here, on the 0–3 scale of the all-hazards structure surveyors expect. The other six columns are the facility’s own judgment about its building, and Calchis leaves them blank.
| Hazard | Prob. | Basis, from the county record |
|---|---|---|
| Hurricane / Tropical Storm | 3 | 35 NCEI events over 31 years (1.13/yr). 31 federal disaster declarations naming the county. |
| Tornado | 3 | 31 NCEI events over 31 years (1.00/yr). No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Severe Thunderstorm | 3 | 146 NCEI events over 31 years (4.71/yr). 1 federal disaster declaration naming the county. |
| Flood, External | 3 | 41 NCEI events over 31 years (1.32/yr). 2 federal disaster declarations naming the county. |
| Snow Fall / Blizzard / Ice Storm | 2 | 21 NCEI events over 31 years (0.68/yr). 2 federal disaster declarations naming the county. |
| Temperature Extremes | 2 | 5 NCEI events over 31 years (0.16/yr). No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Drought | 2 | 4 NCEI events over 31 years (0.13/yr). No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| High Wind (non-convective) | 2 | 6 NCEI events over 31 years (0.19/yr). No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Epidemic | 2 | 2 federal disaster declarations naming the county. |
| Wild Fire | 1 | 1 NCEI event over 31 years (0.03/yr). No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Earthquake | 1 | No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Landslide | 1 | No events of this kind on the county's NCEI record over 31 years. No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Tidal Wave / Tsunami | 1 | 3 NCEI events over 31 years (0.10/yr). No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Volcano | 1 | No events of this kind on the county's NCEI record over 31 years. No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
| Dam Inundation | 1 | No federal disaster declaration of this kind has named the county. |
A dash means the record does not speak to that hazard; it is not a zero. Whether a finished document satisfies the CMS Emergency Preparedness Rule is the facility’s finding and its surveyor’s. Complete the HVA for a facility in Cameron Parish — the technological, human and hazardous-materials rows, the six facility columns, the approval and the printed document — or read the sample analysis on that page first.
How this page was made
- Every figure is counted from public federal records held by Calchis: NOAA NCEI Storm Events, FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations, and FEMA NFIP claims. Nothing is modeled or estimated.
- NOAA files some events by county and others by forecast zone, and names both. Records are counted as Cameron Parish when their NOAA name is this county's name, alone or with a word like “Coastal” or “Inland” in front. The county codes NOAA also publishes have not been loaded for Louisiana yet; when they are, this page will count by code instead, and some counties' records will grow. NOAA names counted here: CAMERON, EAST CAMERON, WEST CAMERON. Zones named for something else, such as a mountain range or two counties at once, are left out: 0% of Louisiana's NOAA records.
- Counts last rebuilt from the source records on Sep 15, 2026.
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