Disaster Data / States / Louisiana / St. James Parish
ParishSt. James Parish recorded 17 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 19 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 36 in all. Its most common hazard is hurricane.
Highlighted: St. James Parish, LA
Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals
The federal disaster record for St. James Parish runs between 2001 and 2026, covering 36 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 flood. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $44.3 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for buildings and equipment.
Past 12 months
St. James Parish has been named in 1 federal declaration in the past 12 months. The figures are what FEMA has reported for St. James Parish to date and grow as recovery continues. It falls in a complete fiscal year and is counted in the totals above.
| Declaration | Declared | Households approved | Individual Assistance | Public Assistance obligated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EM-3638-LAEmergency · Winter Storm | Jan 24, 2026Incident period Jan 23 to 27, 2026 | None reported | None reported | None reported yet |
Individual Assistance is FEMA's Individuals and Households Program, from OpenFEMA's Housing Assistance data for owners and renters. Public Assistance is the obligated federal share from OpenFEMA's grant award activity, which usually starts posting weeks to months after a declaration. Select a declaration number to open its full event profile, with the same figures for every place it covers.
Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.
Approximately 27.0% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.
Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation
The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation
$44M has been obligated to St. James Parish in Public Assistance since FY2000.
$44M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $111K followed emergency declarations, which cover debris removal and emergency protective work only. $150K, or 0% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.
Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.
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) | 136 | $21,235,547 |
| Emergency protective measures(B) | 100 | $9,561,739 |
| Debris removal(A) | 49 | $8,686,084 |
| Parks and recreation(G) | 33 | $1,761,328 |
| Management costs(Z) | 13 | $1,657,339 |
| Utilities(F) | 27 | $932,256 |
| Water control facilities(D) | 3 | $270,264 |
| Roads and bridges(C) | 21 | $190,039 |
| All categories | 382 | $44,294,596 |
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 165 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.
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.
| Assistance type | Approved amount |
|---|---|
| Repair and replacement | $18,045,914 |
| Rental assistance | $6,206,497 |
| Other needs | $11,041,157 |
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.
| Program | Projects | Federal share obligated |
|---|---|---|
| Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP) | 20 | $11,464,998 |
| Flood Mitigation Assistance(FMA) | 1 | $324,920 |
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.
Archive coverage for Louisiana: 2016-present official State Register web indexes; 2016-2023 weather proclamations by Governor Edwards added by hand from the proclamations and dated news coverage; 2000-2015 gap disclosed; plus 15 weather declarations from FMCSA's archive of state emergency declarations (2017-present)
| Signed | Order | Declaration | Hazards reported here | Reported damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 9, 2024 | JML 24-142 | State of Emergency-Tropical Storm Francine- September 9, 2024 | Flash Flood | $18,000,000 |
| May 20, 2024 | JML 24-72 | State of Emergency—Severe Storms and Tornadoes—May 14-17, 2024 | Tornado | $20,000 |
| Apr 15, 2021 | 71 JBE 2021 | State of emergency for the ongoing severe weather | Hail, Thunderstorm Wind | Not reported |
| Feb 7, 2017 | 17 JBE 2017 | Statewide state of emergency after severe storms and tornadoes in southeast Louisiana | Tornado | Not reported |
| Aug 12, 2016 | 111 JBE 2016 | State of Emergency: Heavy Rain and Flooding | Flash Flood, Flood | $371,000 |
Source: state executive order archives collected by DisasterData Plus, joined to NOAA Storm Events. See the Plus overview for per-state coverage and method.
Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.
Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.
Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.
Showing 36 declarations
| Date | Number | Type | Hazard | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 24, 2026 | EM-3638-LA | EM | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm |
| Sep 16, 2024 | DR-4817-LA | DR | Hurricane | Hurricane Francine |
| Sep 10, 2024 | EM-3614-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Francine |
| 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 |
| Jul 11, 2019 | EM-3416-LA | EM | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Barry |
| Oct 6, 2017 | EM-3392-LA | EM | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Nate |
| Aug 14, 2016 | DR-4277-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 |
| Aug 18, 2011 | DR-4015-LA | DR | Flood | Flooding |
| May 6, 2011 | EM-3322-LA | EM | Flood | Flooding |
| 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 |
| 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 27, 2002 | DR-1435-LA | DR | Hurricane | Tropical Storm Isidore |
| Jun 11, 2001 | DR-1380-LA | DR | Coastal Storm | Tropical Storm Allison |
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). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.
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