FEMA has developed Hurricane Surge Inundation and Advisory Base Flood Elevation Maps to aid property owners to repair or rebuild structures to newly determined advisory flood elevations. Click here to view Hurricane Surge Inundation and Advisory Base Flood Elevation Maps for this parish.

On Sept. 4, 1970, Cameron Parish became one of the first Louisiana communities to join the National Flood Insurance Program Regular Program. 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.

Since 1978, almost 2,000 flood losses have been reported by policyholders, resulting in payments exceeding $105.8 million. The parish currently has more than 1,000 policies in effect with premiums totaling approximately $834,000 providing more than $1661 million in coverage.

The flood maps for Cameron Parish were last updated in 1992. New maps for the parish are being prepared using state-of-the-art mapping technology. When the maps are completed they will be presented to the parish for adoption.