Natchitoches Parish, LA flood risk explained
Flood hazard in Natchitoches Parish sits at the 61.3th 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 1.4 times a year. This describes the county, not any one street — FEMA only publishes exact parcel zones through a live map service.
Natchitoches Parish's flood-insurance compliance gap
Out of 2,223 homes FEMA counts inside Natchitoches Parish's mapped flood zone, 416 carry the flood policy federal law requires there — 18.7% compliance, short of full coverage. Looking beyond the mandated zone, 3.3% of all residential structures in Natchitoches Parish carry flood coverage voluntarily or otherwise — relevant because most NFIP claims nationally come from outside the mapped SFHA.
Where Natchitoches Parish ranks
Among the 3144 US counties FEMA scores for flood hazard, Natchitoches Parish ranks 1273 — 1 being the highest hazard nationally — and 1293 by population among all 3144 counties covered here, where 1 is the largest. About 35,982 people live in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, spread over 1,253.008 square miles.
Your street may differ from Natchitoches Parish's average
FEMA counts 16,345 residential structures in Natchitoches Parish overall, 540 of them carrying some form of NFIP coverage — but a lender or insurer cares about one parcel, not that county total.
Where Natchitoches 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.