Areas on and near the U.S. Gulf Coast are particularly vulnerable to potential catastrophic damages, according to CoreLogic’s latest riskiest places to live for natural disasters study. Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, ranked No. 1 for most at risk for property damage from natural disasters in 2023 and for 2050’s predictions as well.
Across various future climate scenarios, CoreLogic’s Climate Risk Analytics Composite Risk Score identifies areas that are currently at risk and stress-tests disaster risks over the next 30 years. Analyzing natural perils, CoreLogic applies analytics to property data to provide insight into natural hazards, climate risks, and resulting property landscape impacts.
Here are the top 10 places most at risk for property damage from natural disasters in 2023:
- Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana: primary risks of hurricane and inland flood
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: primary risks of hurricane and inland flood
- Monroe County, Florida: primary risk of hurricane
- McMullen County, Texas: primary risk of inland flood
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana: primary risk of hurricane
- Lincoln County, West Virginia: primary risk of inland flood
- Camas County, Idaho: primary risk of wildfire
- Van Buren County, Iowa: primary risk of inland flood
- Crockett County, Texas: primary risk of inland flood
- Carter County, Missouri: primary risk of inland flood
The ranking of riskiest places in 2050 does not change drastically:
- Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana: primary risk of hurricane
- Jefferson Parish, Louisiana: primary risk of hurricane
- Monroe County, Florida: primary risk of hurricane
- Orleans Parish, Louisiana: primary risk of hurricane
- Camas County, Idaho: primary risk of wildfire
- Saint Bernard Parish, Louisiana: primary risk of hurricane
- McMullen County, Texas: primary risk of inland flood
- Cameron Parish, Louisiana: primary risk of hurricane
- Hancock County, Mississippi: primary risk of hurricane
- Lincoln County, West Virginia: primary risk of inland flood
The analysis considers the impactful environmental risks to 154 million properties across the U.S. and is built on CoreLogic’s comprehensive data that details the physical characteristics of those homes, including construction year, first-floor height, number of stories, and square footage.
