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Rapides Parish, Louisiana

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

Rapides Parish recorded 36 federal disaster and emergency declarations since FY2000 (through FY2025): 16 major disasters, 18 emergencies, and 2 fire-management declarations. Its most common hazard is hurricane.

Highlighted: Rapides 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

$35.8M

Federal PA obligated (top: debris removal)

The federal disaster record for Rapides Parish runs between 2000 and 2024, covering 36 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Hurricane Ida in 2021. The hazards behind these declarations were most often hurricane, flood, and coastal storm. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $35.8 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for debris removal.

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 22079

CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI

90.7

overall percentile nationally

Approximately 90.7% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status77.4

Household characteristics91.9

Racial and ethnic minority status77.6

Housing type and transportation92.2

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

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025

84.3

overall risk score

Relatively Moderate

Expected annual loss$39.6MRelatively Low

NRI social vulnerability79.3Relatively High

Community resilience80.1Very 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
Debris removal(A)	57	$15,285,110
Emergency protective measures(B)	145	$8,626,246
Utilities(F)	22	$6,037,041
Buildings and equipment(E)	179	$3,835,942
Management costs(Z)	22	$946,734
Parks and recreation(G)	35	$711,512
Roads and bridges(C)	14	$262,648
Water control facilities(D)	1	$70,715
All categories	475	$35,775,948

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 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 211 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.

Severe Winter Storms 2021$298K

430 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Delta 2020$2.4M

202 days to first federal obligation

Hurricane Laura 2020$22.8M

138 days to first federal obligation

Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$152K

632 days to first federal obligation

Flooding 2019$5K

221 days to first federal obligation

Tropical Storm Harvey 2017$26K

184 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.

54,845

valid registrations

8,469

households approved

$29,639,260

total IHP approved

Assistance type	Approved amount
Repair and replacement	$13,192,996
Rental assistance	$5,962,728
Other needs	$10,387,562

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.

$13,124,192

federal mitigation share

funded projects

properties mitigated

Program	Projects	Federal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)	11	$10,361,128
Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA)	2	$2,763,064

Most common hazards

Hurricane 21
Flood 4
Coastal Storm 3
Biological 2
Severe Ice Storm 2
Fire 2
Severe Storm 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 Rapides Parish, sourced to OpenFEMA and refreshed weekly. Copy it straight into your plan.

Hazard	Date	FEMA declaration	Type
Hurricane	Sep 10, 2024	EM-3614-LA	EM
Fire	Aug 30, 2023	FM-5486-LA	FM
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	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
Flood	Sep 19, 2019	DR-4462-LA	DR
Coastal Storm	Jul 11, 2019	EM-3416-LA	EM
Flood	May 29, 2019	EM-3413-LA	EM
Hurricane	Oct 16, 2017	DR-4345-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 28, 2017	EM-3382-LA	EM
Flood	Mar 13, 2016	DR-4263-LA	DR
Flood	Jul 13, 2015	DR-4228-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2012	DR-4080-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 27, 2012	EM-3347-LA	EM
Hurricane	Sep 2, 2008	DR-1786-LA	DR
Hurricane	Aug 29, 2008	EM-3289-LA	EM
Severe Storm	Nov 2, 2006	DR-1668-LA	DR
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
Hurricane	Sep 15, 2004	DR-1548-LA	DR
Other	Feb 1, 2003	EM-3172-LA	EM
Hurricane	Oct 3, 2002	DR-1437-LA	DR
Fire	Sep 11, 2000	FM-2337-LA	FM

Every declaration on record

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

Showing 36 declarations

Date	Number	Type	Hazard	Title
Sep 10, 2024	EM-3614-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Francine
Aug 30, 2023	FM-5486-LA	FM	Fire	Highway 113 Fire
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
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
Sep 19, 2019	DR-4462-LA	DR	Flood	Flooding
Jul 11, 2019	EM-3416-LA	EM	Coastal Storm	Tropical Storm Barry
May 29, 2019	EM-3413-LA	EM	Flood	Flooding
Oct 16, 2017	DR-4345-LA	DR	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey
Aug 28, 2017	EM-3382-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Harvey
Mar 13, 2016	DR-4263-LA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Jul 13, 2015	DR-4228-LA	DR	Flood	Severe Storms And Flooding
Aug 29, 2012	DR-4080-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Isaac
Aug 27, 2012	EM-3347-LA	EM	Hurricane	Tropical Storm Isaac
Sep 2, 2008	DR-1786-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav
Aug 29, 2008	EM-3289-LA	EM	Hurricane	Hurricane Gustav
Nov 2, 2006	DR-1668-LA	DR	Severe Storm	Severe Storms And Flooding
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
Sep 15, 2004	DR-1548-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Ivan
Feb 1, 2003	EM-3172-LA	EM	Other	Loss Of Space Shuttle Columbia
Oct 3, 2002	DR-1437-LA	DR	Hurricane	Hurricane Lili
Sep 11, 2000	FM-2337-LA	FM	Fire	La-Western Louisiana Fire Complex-9/8/00

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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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