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Rapides Parish, Louisiana

County-level FEMA declaration history, assistance rollups, and flood insurance context for Rapides Parish.

Total declarations
49
1965 to 2026
Tracked FEMA aid
$66.1M
PA + assistance signals
Most common type
Hurricane
55,085 registrations tracked
Most recent event
DR-3638
Jan 24, 2026
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Federal spending

Public + individual assistance structure

Public assistance totals come from FEMA project-level obligations. Individual assistance totals prioritize the validated or intake totals without double counting both sources together.

Public assistance

Infrastructure repair, debris removal, emergency measures, and related project obligations.

Debris Removal$15.3M
Emergency Protective Measures$9.4M
Utilities$6.0M
Buildings and Equipment$3.6M
Management Costs$951K
Parks, Recreational Facilities, and Other Items$722K
Roads and Bridges$264K
Water Control Facilities$71K
Total PA obligated$36.5M

Individual assistance

Registrations, housing assistance, and other-needs dollars surfaced through the FEMA assistance datasets.

Tracked registrations55,085
IHP / household aid$29.7M
Housing assistance$19.2M
Other needs assistance$10.4M
NFIP claims paid$0
Timeline

Every declaration on record for this county

Ordered newest to oldest so recent search intent is handled first, without losing the long historical tail.

HurricaneAug 2021Rapides Parish

HURRICANE IDA

DR-4611-LA · Aug 26, 2021 to Sep 3, 2021
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2020Rapides Parish

HURRICANE DELTA

DR-4570-LA · Oct 6, 2020 to Oct 10, 2020
$2.3MPA obligated
2,662Registrations
$2.4MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneAug 2020Rapides Parish

HURRICANE LAURA

DR-4559-LA · Aug 22, 2020 to Aug 27, 2020
$22.6MPA obligated
40,618Registrations
$11.6MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Rapides Parish

COVID-19 PANDEMIC

DR-4484-LA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$152KPA obligated
523Registrations
$3.0MHousehold aid
PA, HMPrograms
BiologicalMar 2020Rapides Parish

COVID-19

EM-3459-LA · Jan 20, 2020 to May 11, 2023
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
FloodSep 2019Rapides Parish

FLOODING

DR-4462-LA · May 10, 2019 to Jul 24, 2019
$5KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
FloodMay 2019Rapides Parish

FLOODING

EM-3413-LA · May 10, 2019 to Jun 17, 2019
$0PA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PAPrograms
HurricaneAug 2012Rapides Parish

HURRICANE ISAAC

DR-4080-LA · Aug 26, 2012 to Sep 10, 2012
$326KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2008Rapides Parish

HURRICANE GUSTAV

DR-1786-LA · Sep 1, 2008 to Sep 11, 2008
$5.4MPA obligated
10,255Registrations
$11.5MHousehold aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2005Rapides Parish

HURRICANE RITA

DR-1607-LA · Sep 23, 2005 to Nov 1, 2005
$2.6MPA obligated
1Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneSep 2004Rapides Parish

HURRICANE IVAN

DR-1548-LA · Sep 13, 2004 to Sep 26, 2004
$17KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
PA, HMPrograms
HurricaneOct 2002Rapides Parish

HURRICANE LILI

DR-1437-LA · Oct 1, 2002 to Oct 16, 2002
$680KPA obligated
0Registrations
$0Household aid
IA, PA, HMPrograms
About this county

Disaster history context for Rapides Parish

Rapides Parish, Louisiana has 49 FEMA disaster declarations on record, spanning from 1965 to 2026. The dominant hazard type is hurricane, followed by flood. That is close to the Louisiana average of 41 declarations per county. Total tracked FEMA obligations for this county exceed $66.1M, split between public infrastructure repair and individual household assistance.

Public assistance covers debris removal, emergency protective measures, and infrastructure repair managed through FEMA project obligations. Individual assistance includes housing aid, other-needs grants, and validated registrations reported through the IHP datasets. These figures reflect what FEMA's open datasets report — actual disbursements to individuals and local agencies may differ from the obligation totals shown here.