Morehouse Parish, LA flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Morehouse Parish sits at the 59.4th national percentile, below the national norm for flood hazard; driven by inland rivers and flash flooding rather than the coast — FEMA's model puts a flood event here at about 1.5 times a year. County-wide, not parcel-specific: FEMA's real flood-zone map is queried live, never shipped as a download.
Morehouse Parish's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 414 homes FEMA counts inside Morehouse Parish's mapped flood zone, 60 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 14.5% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 1.4% of all residential structures in Morehouse Parish carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
How Morehouse Parish compares nationally
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Morehouse Parish ranks 1336 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1656 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 23,787 people live in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, spread over 794.95 square miles.
Your street may differ from Morehouse Parish's average
155 of Morehouse Parish's 11,474 residential structures carry flood coverage of some kind, per FEMA's latest count — useful context, not a substitute for checking one parcel.
Where Morehouse Parish's figures come from
Every figure on this page traces to a named FEMA dataset, documented in the methodology guide. If you're unsure why any of this insurance requirement exists at all, the SFHA explainer covers it from first principles.