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Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana

Name: Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana FEMA disaster declarations
Creator: Disaster Data

Plaquemines Parish recorded 37 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 19 major disasters, 18 emergencies, and 0 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Highlighted: Plaquemines Parish, LA

Totals: FY2000–FY2025 · Page last rebuilt Sep 12, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

Declarations since FY2000

Major disasters (DR)

Emergencies (EM)

Fire management (FM)

Jan 2026

Most recent

$962.4M

Federal PA obligated (top: buildings and equipment)

The federal disaster record for Plaquemines Parish runs between 2002 and 2024, covering 37 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Hurricane Francine in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, coastal storm, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $962.4 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for buildings and equipment.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 22075

CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI

65.1

overall percentile nationally

Approximately 65.1% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status40.9

Household characteristics72.0

Racial and ethnic minority status76.3

Housing type and transportation74.5

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025

72.9

overall risk score

Relatively Low

Expected annual loss$28.1MRelatively Low

NRI social vulnerability59.4Relatively Moderate

Community resilience97.6Very High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

Category	Projects	Federal share obligated
Buildings and equipment(E)	453	$521,002,058
Emergency protective measures(B)	294	$159,836,264
Debris removal(A)	68	$110,082,514
Water control facilities(D)	31	$80,844,025
Utilities(F)	160	$40,605,720
Parks and recreation(G)	91	$39,020,735
Roads and bridges(C)	51	$7,822,280
Management costs(Z)	26	$3,218,567
All categories	1,174	$962,432,163

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 6-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 160 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Hurricane Francine 2024$3.3M

143 days to first federal obligation

Seawater Intrusion 2023$15.6M

300 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Ida 2021$52.5M

172 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Zeta 2021$2.3M

148 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Delta 2020$282K

348 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Sally 2020$614K

121 days to first federal obligation

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Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

40,921

valid registrations

24,568

households approved

$168,240,979

total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$43,142,108
Rental assistance	$48,112,981
Other needs	$51,065,417

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$61,242,890

federal mitigation share

funded projects

342

properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)	18	$61,054,441
Severe Repetitive Loss(SRL)	1	$188,449

State declarations (governor)

Emergency declarations issued by the governor of this state, which are separate from and usually precede a federal declaration. A declaration is listed here when NOAA Storm Events recorded reports of the matched hazard in this jurisdiction while the order was in effect. That is evidence of local impact during a declared state emergency. It is not a statement that the governor named this jurisdiction in the order, since most state declarations apply statewide and name no localities at all. Hazard categories come from the order text. Damage figures are NOAA storm report estimates for this jurisdiction only, not the cost of the declaration.

state declarations with local storm evidence

statewide on record

Archive coverage for Louisiana: 2016-present official State Register web indexes; 2000-2015 gap disclosed

Signed	Order	Declaration	Hazards reported here	Reported damage
May 20, 2024	JML 24-72	State of Emergency—Severe Storms and Tornadoes—May 14-17, 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Not reported

Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.

Most common hazards

Hurricane 26
Coastal Storm 4
Biological 2
Severe Ice Storm 2
Severe Storm 1
Flood 1
Other 1

Previous occurrences, for your mitigation plan

Every local hazard mitigation plan must document previous occurrences of each hazard. Here is that record for Plaquemines Parish, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Hurricane	Sep 16, 2024	DR-4817-LA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2024	EM-3614-LA	EM
Other	Sep 27, 2023	EM-3600-LA	EM
Coastal Storm	Sep 13, 2021	EM-3574-LA	EM
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2021	DR-4611-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 27, 2021	EM-3568-LA	EM
Severe Ice Storm	Mar 9, 2021	DR-4590-LA	DR
Severe Ice Storm	Feb 18, 2021	EM-3556-LA	EM
Hurricane	Jan 12, 2021	DR-4577-LA	DR
Hurricane	Oct 27, 2020	EM-3549-LA	EM
Hurricane	Oct 16, 2020	DR-4570-LA	DR
Hurricane	Oct 7, 2020	EM-3547-LA	EM
Hurricane	Sep 14, 2020	EM-3543-LA	EM
Hurricane	Aug 28, 2020	DR-4559-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 23, 2020	EM-3538-LA	EM
Coastal Storm	Jun 7, 2020	EM-3527-LA	EM
Biological	Mar 24, 2020	DR-4484-LA	DR
Biological	Mar 13, 2020	EM-3459-LA	EM
Hurricane	Aug 27, 2019	DR-4458-LA	DR
Coastal Storm	Jul 11, 2019	EM-3416-LA	EM
Hurricane	Oct 16, 2017	DR-4345-LA	DR
Hurricane	Oct 6, 2017	EM-3392-LA	EM
Flood	Feb 5, 2016	EM-3376-LA	EM
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2012	DR-4080-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 27, 2012	EM-3347-LA	EM
Coastal Storm	Oct 28, 2011	DR-4041-LA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 13, 2008	DR-1792-LA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 2, 2008	DR-1786-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2008	EM-3289-LA	EM
Hurricane	Sep 24, 2005	DR-1607-LA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 21, 2005	EM-3260-LA	EM
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2005	DR-1603-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 27, 2005	EM-3212-LA	EM
Severe Storm	Aug 23, 2005	DR-1601-LA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 15, 2004	DR-1548-LA	DR
Hurricane	Oct 3, 2002	DR-1437-LA	DR
Hurricane	Sep 27, 2002	DR-1435-LA	DR

Every declaration on record

DR = Major disaster (Stafford Act) · EM = Emergency declaration · FM = Fire management assistance

Showing 37 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 16, 2024	DR-4817-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Francine
Sep 10, 2024	EM-3614-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Francine
Sep 27, 2023	EM-3600-LA	EM	Other	Seawater Intrusion
Sep 13, 2021	EM-3574-LA	EM	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Nicholas
Aug 29, 2021	DR-4611-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ida
Aug 27, 2021	EM-3568-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Ida
Mar 9, 2021	DR-4590-LA	DR	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storms
Feb 18, 2021	EM-3556-LA	EM	Severe Ice Storm	Severe Winter Storm
Jan 12, 2021	DR-4577-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Zeta
Oct 27, 2020	EM-3549-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Zeta
Oct 16, 2020	DR-4570-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta
Oct 7, 2020	EM-3547-LA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Delta
Sep 14, 2020	EM-3543-LA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Sally
Aug 28, 2020	DR-4559-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Laura
Aug 23, 2020	EM-3538-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storms Laura And Marco
Jun 7, 2020	EM-3527-LA	EM	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Cristobal
Mar 24, 2020	DR-4484-LA	DR	Biological	Covid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020	EM-3459-LA	EM	Biological	Covid-19
Aug 27, 2019	DR-4458-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Barry
Jul 11, 2019	EM-3416-LA	EM	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Barry
Oct 16, 2017	DR-4345-LA	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey
Oct 6, 2017	EM-3392-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Nate
Feb 5, 2016	EM-3376-LA	EM	Flood	Flooding
Aug 29, 2012	DR-4080-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaac
Aug 27, 2012	EM-3347-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Isaac
Oct 28, 2011	DR-4041-LA	DR	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Lee
Sep 13, 2008	DR-1792-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ike
Sep 2, 2008	DR-1786-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav
Aug 29, 2008	EM-3289-LA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav
Sep 24, 2005	DR-1607-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita
Sep 21, 2005	EM-3260-LA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Rita
Aug 29, 2005	DR-1603-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina
Aug 27, 2005	EM-3212-LA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Katrina
Aug 23, 2005	DR-1601-LA	DR	Severe Storm	Tropical Storm Cindy
Sep 15, 2004	DR-1548-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan
Oct 3, 2002	DR-1437-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Lili
Sep 27, 2002	DR-1435-LA	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Isidore

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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Louisiana's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30); the in-progress year may appear in the most-recent list but is not counted in the totals. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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