Community |
Entry |
Comm. I.D. |
Policies |
Annual Premium |
Coverage |
# Losses |
Total Paid $ |
Calcasieu Parish |
9/29/78 |
220037 |
5,163 |
$2,248,246 |
$879,369,000 |
1,809 |
27,039,993 |
Dequincy |
4/2/79 |
220038 |
28 |
$16,630 |
$4,450,000 |
12 |
47,469 |
Iowa |
2/4/88 |
220039 |
150 |
$50,613 |
$17,140,000 |
50 |
594,786 |
Lake Charles |
10/16/79 |
220040 |
5,170 |
$2,493,693 |
$831,607,000 |
1894 |
23,784,332 |
Sulphur |
8/16/88 |
220041 |
1,093 |
$423,852 |
$156,104,000 |
348 |
3,984,625 |
Vinton |
7/16/81 |
220042 |
54 |
$23,244 |
$8,504,000 |
7 |
34,488 |
Westlake |
2/3/82 |
220043 |
205 |
$73,323 |
$28,191,000 |
125 |
2,153,380 |
Parish Total |
|
|
11,863 |
$5,329,601 |
$1,925,365,000 |
4245 |
57,639,073 |
Calcasieu Parish entered the Regular Program of the National Flood Insurance Program Sept. 29, 1978. Earlier that year, FEMA had completed a Flood Study and produced the first Flood Insurance Rate Maps for the parish. The parish adopted the new maps and instituted permitting requirements in the newly identified high-risk areas known as Special Flood Hazard Areas. In the 1970s and 1980s, six other communities within Calcasieu Parish also joined the NFIP. Today, the parish is still responsible for administering the NFIP for the unincorporated areas of the parish. Since 1978, policyholders in Calcasieu Parish have filed 4,245 claims, resulting in payments approaching $58 million. Currently, 11,863 policies are in effect with premiums totaling $5.3 million providing almost $2 billion in coverage.
While the flood map for Calcasieu Parish was last updated in
1993, some of the communities have FIRMs dating to the 1970s
and ‘80s. New maps for all of the communities in the
parish, including the parish itself, are being prepared using
the latest state-of-the-art mapping technology. When the maps
are completed they will be presented to the communities for
adoption. |
