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Flood history · Farmerville, LA 71241

Flood insurance claims in Farmerville, LA 71241

273 claims since 1982 and $7.1 million paid. Here's what the public record shows, and how to check a specific address.

273flood insurance claims since 1982
$7.1 millionpaid to policyholders
$30,384average paid claim
4claims in the last 10 years
19%of claims outside high-risk zones
#172of 604 Louisiana ZIP codes by claims

Claims by year

Every NFIP flood insurance claim reported in ZIP 71241 since 1978.

1982: 3 claims1983: 4 claims1987: 1 claims1989: 6 claims1991: 40 claims1995: 2 claims1997: 29 claims1999: 18 claims2001: 24 claims2008: 1 claims2009: 21 claims2012: 3 claims2013: 1 claims2015: 1 claims2016: 115 claims2020: 2 claims2023: 2 claims1990200020102020

What the record says

81% of claims were on properties in high-risk zones and 19% outside them.

One event dominates the record: Late winter severe storms accounts for 42% of all claims in this ZIP code.

4 claims were filed in the last 10 years.

The most commonly recorded cause is rivers, streams or lakes overflowing.

Biggest flood events

EventYearClaimsShare
Late winter severe storms201611442%
Unnamed flooding19914416%
Hurricane Laura202021%
Tropical Storm Allison200110%

Flood zone at time of claim

High-risk zones (A, V)79% · 216
Moderate or minimal risk (X, B, C)18% · 50
Zone not recorded3% · 7

NFIP communities

Union Parish*Participates in the NFIP
Farmerville, Town OfParticipates in the NFIP

Federal disaster declarations in Union County

Flood, hurricane and storm declarations since 2000.

Tropical Storm FrancineHurricane · Emergency · 2024-09-10
Tropical Storm NicholasCoastal Storm · Emergency · 2021-09-13
Hurricane IdaHurricane · Major disaster · 2021-08-29
Tropical Storm IdaHurricane · Emergency · 2021-08-27
Tropical Storm ZetaHurricane · Emergency · 2020-10-27
Hurricane DeltaHurricane · Major disaster · 2020-10-16

22 flood, storm or hurricane declarations for Union County since 2000.

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Sources: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims (v3) and Disaster Declarations Summaries, FEMA NFIP Community Status Book; place names from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data as of 2026-10-09. Payments are net building + contents payments in dollars at the time paid, not adjusted for inflation. Claims are grouped by the ZIP code reported on the claim. This product uses the FEMA OpenFEMA API but is not endorsed by FEMA. Information only; not an official flood zone determination or insurance advice.

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