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Carville, LA Natural Disasters and Weather Extremes

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The chance of earthquake damage in Carville is about the same as Louisiana average and is much lower than the national average. The risk of tornado damage in Carville is lower than Louisiana average and is higher than the national average.

Topics:Earthquake Index Volcano Index Tornado Index Other Weather Extremes Events Volcanos Nearby Historical Earthquake Events Historical Tornado Events

Earthquake Index, #15

Carville, LA	0.22
Louisiana	0.03
U.S.	1.81

The earthquake index value is calculated based on historical earthquake events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the earthquake level in a region. A higher earthquake index value means a higher chance of an earthquake.

Volcano Index, #1

Carville, LA	0.0000
Louisiana	0.0000
U.S.	0.0023

The volcano index value is calculated based on the currently known volcanoes using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the possibility of a region being affected by a possible volcano eruption. A higher volcano index value means a higher chance of being affected.

Tornado Index, #439

Carville, LA	190.23
Louisiana	235.86
U.S.	136.45

The tornado index value is calculated based on historical tornado events data using USA.com algorithms. It is an indicator of the tornado level in a region. A higher tornado index value means a higher chance of tornado events.

Other Weather Extremes Events

A total of 1,529 other weather extremes events within 50 miles of Carville, LA were recorded from 1950 to 2010. The following is a break down of these events:

Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count	Type	Count
Avalanche:	0	Blizzard:	0	Cold:	4	Dense Fog:	0	Drought:	15
Dust Storm:	0	Flood:	107	Hail:	273	Heat:	5	Heavy Snow:	3
High Surf:	0	Hurricane:	7	Ice Storm:	8	Landslide:	0	Strong Wind:	6
Thunderstorm Winds:	942	Tropical Storm:	8	Wildfire:	0	Winter Storm:	2	Winter Weather:	2
Other:	147

Volcanos Nearby

No volcano is found in or near Carville, LA.

Historical Earthquake Events

No historical earthquake events that had recorded magnitudes of 3.5 or above found in or near Carville, LA.

No historical earthquake events found in or near Carville, LA.

Historical Tornado Events

A total of 64 historical tornado events that had recorded magnitude of 2 or above found in or near Carville, LA.

Distance (miles)	Date	Magnitude	Start Lat/Log	End Lat/Log	Length	Width	Fatalities	Injuries	Property Damage	Crop Damage	Affected County
9.2	1969-12-25	3	30°08'N / 91°21'W	30°11'N / 91°08'W	13.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Iberville
9.8	1965-06-27	2	30°21'N / 91°09'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Baton Rouge
9.9	1950-03-19	2	30°06'N / 91°00'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Ascension
9.9	1965-01-22	2	30°06'N / 91°00'W		1.00 Mile	267 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Ascension
9.9	1976-01-25	2	30°06'N / 91°00'W		1.10 Miles	33 Yards	0	7	2.5M	0	Ascension
11.3	1967-05-01	2	30°05'N / 91°13'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Iberville
13.6	1975-05-08	2	30°25'N / 91°11'W	30°24'N / 91°05'W	6.20 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	0K	0	East Baton Rouge
14.1	1983-01-31	2	30°23'N / 91°14'W		0.50 Mile	33 Yards	0	0	25K	0	West Baton Rouge
15.7	1977-04-20	2	30°25'N / 90°59'W		0.20 Mile	67 Yards	0	1	250K	0	East Baton Rouge
15.8	1972-05-12	2	30°08'N / 91°21'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Iberville
16.1	1982-01-30	2	29°59'N / 91°04'W		3.00 Miles	10 Yards	0	1	25K	0	Assumption
16.6	1969-04-12	3	30°12'N / 90°54'W	30°17'N / 90°45'W	10.70 Miles	100 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Ascension
16.6	1987-02-15	2	29°58'N / 91°12'W	30°00'N / 91°10'W	3.00 Miles	173 Yards	0	4	250K	0	Assumption
17.7	1958-11-14	2	30°28'N / 91°09'W		2.00 Miles	17 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Baton Rouge
18.7	1974-01-19	2	29°57'N / 91°02'W		0.30 Mile	27 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Assumption
19.8	1973-04-26	3	30°30'N / 91°05'W		0.30 Mile	70 Yards	0	0	25K	0	East Baton Rouge
20.0	1971-09-16	3	30°27'N / 91°02'W	30°33'N / 91°04'W	7.30 Miles	83 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	East Baton Rouge
20.2	1957-10-23	2	29°56'N / 91°06'W	29°56'N / 90°55'W	11.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Assumption
20.5	1964-10-03	2	29°55'N / 91°06'W		1.50 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Assumption
20.7	1989-06-08	2	30°23'N / 91°24'W	30°26'N / 91°20'W	5.00 Miles	77 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	West Baton Rouge
22.0	1989-06-08	2	30°31'N / 91°15'W	30°31'N / 91°11'W	3.50 Miles	60 Yards	0	2	2.5M	0	West Baton Rouge
22.2	1989-06-08	2	30°31'N / 91°11'W	30°33'N / 91°06'W	6.00 Miles	60 Yards	0	58	2.5M	0	East Baton Rouge
22.8	1989-06-08	2	30°21'N / 91°29'W	30°23'N / 91°24'W	5.00 Miles	77 Yards	2	30	2.5M	0	Iberville
26.6	1973-09-12	2	29°50'N / 91°05'W	29°50'N / 90°59'W	6.20 Miles	50 Yards	0	3	250K	0	Assumption
27.7	1972-02-29	3	30°32'N / 91°23'W		1.00 Mile	200 Yards	0	3	250K	0	West Baton Rouge
28.6	1961-11-13	2	30°36'N / 91°10'W	30°39'N / 91°10'W	3.40 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	250K	0	East Baton Rouge
29.1	1973-12-04	2	30°28'N / 91°10'W	30°42'N / 90°34'W	39.10 Miles	80 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	East Baton Rouge
32.4	1984-10-14	3	30°39'N / 91°09'W	30°43'N / 91°06'W	5.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	3	250K	0	East Baton Rouge
33.0	1989-06-08	2	30°38'N / 90°54'W	30°40'N / 90°51'W	2.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	Livingston
33.7	1960-02-03	2	29°48'N / 90°48'W	29°50'N / 90°45'W	4.30 Miles	100 Yards	0	8	250K	0	Lafourche
33.9	1989-06-08	2	30°40'N / 90°51'W	30°38'N / 90°50'W	1.50 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Helena
34.3	1953-02-06	3	30°29'N / 90°42'W	30°30'N / 90°33'W	9.10 Miles	400 Yards	2	21	2.5M	0	Livingston
35.0	1992-08-25	3	30°04'N / 90°27'W	30°07'N / 90°37'W	9.00 Miles	150 Yards	2	32	25.0M	0	St. John The Baptist
35.1	1961-11-22	2	30°05'N / 90°32'W		2.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	3	25K	0	St. John The Baptist
35.4	1995-12-17	2	30°33'N / 91°33'W		0.20 Mile	20 Yards	0	1	200K	0	Pointe Coupee
		Brief Description: Fifteen mobile homes were destroyed, four sustained major damage and two minor damage. A child was injured when struck by a Christmas tree. A National Weather Service official surveyed the damage area.
36.0	1961-09-10	2	29°42'N / 91°12'W		1.00 Mile	100 Yards	0	16	25K	0	St. Mary
36.0	1952-04-04	2	29°52'N / 91°37'W	29°56'N / 91°33'W	6.40 Miles	20 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	St. Mary
37.4	1970-03-17	3	29°42'N / 91°18'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	2	250K	0	St. Mary
37.5	1977-11-29	2	30°30'N / 90°34'W		1.00 Mile	50 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Livingston
39.0	1971-09-16	2	29°46'N / 91°30'W		0.50 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Mary
39.1	1983-12-06	4	30°04'N / 90°31'W	30°05'N / 90°25'W	7.00 Miles	200 Yards	0	25	25.0M	0	St. John The Baptist
39.9	1984-10-14	3	30°43'N / 91°06'W	30°52'N / 91°02'W	11.00 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Feliciana
40.6	1957-10-15	3	30°34'N / 91°44'W	30°39'N / 91°29'W	15.90 Miles	100 Yards	1	19	250K	0	Pointe Coupee
41.5	1953-02-06	3	30°30'N / 90°33'W	30°32'N / 90°27'W	6.50 Miles	400 Yards	0	0	2.5M	0	Tangipahoa
41.6	1992-02-15	2	30°35'N / 90°33'W		0.80 Mile	527 Yards	0	10	2.5M	0	Tangipahoa
42.2	1977-09-05	2	30°25'N / 90°26'W		1.70 Miles	70 Yards	0	1	2.5M	0	Tangipahoa
42.3	1980-04-13	2	29°57'N / 90°29'W	29°58'N / 90°26'W	3.60 Miles	33 Yards	0	2	250K	0	St. Charles
42.5	1975-05-08	2	30°45'N / 90°45'W				0	0	0K	0	St. Helena
43.2	2007-02-13	2	30°13'N / 91°51'W	30°16'N / 91°48'W	4.00 Miles	300 Yards	0	3	1.5M	0K	St. Martin
		Brief Description: EVENT NARRATIVE: Wind speeds were estimated between 110 and 120 mph, or on the low end of EF2. This tornado was spawned by the same storm that produced the Youngsville tornado. The tornado began southwest of the intersection of Poydras Highway and Eunice Road and moved northeast, ending past Nursery Highway. Several brick homes had roofs removed near the highs school, with one home losing most of its second floor. A total of 44 homes were damaged or destroyed, with 80 homes impacted by the tornado. Three injuries occurred in a small brick home where the roof blew off, causing a brick wall and other debris to land on them. Several trees were damaged or uprooted. This was the strongest tornado in southwest Louisiana since the November 23 2004 tornado outbreak. EPISODE NARRATIVE: An approaching cold front resulted in showers and thunderstroms across southwest Louisiana, some of which became severe. Several tornadoes touched down across Acadiana.
43.2	1992-11-21	2	30°05'N / 91°52'W	30°16'N / 91°47'W	13.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	3	250K	0	St. Martin
43.9	1992-11-21	2	30°50'N / 91°08'W	30°52'N / 91°04'W	9.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Feliciana
44.3	1992-11-21	2	30°52'N / 91°16'W	30°50'N / 91°08'W	4.00 Miles	100 Yards	0	0	250K	0	West Feliciana
45.0	1975-04-30	2	30°02'N / 91°53'W	30°05'N / 91°47'W	7.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Iberia
45.8	1989-05-18	2	30°52'N / 91°01'W	30°52'N / 90°55'W	5.00 Miles	50 Yards	0	0	250K	0	East Feliciana
46.9	1952-04-04	2	30°24'N / 91°55'W	30°24'N / 91°48'W	7.20 Miles	67 Yards	0	0	250K	0	St. Martin
47.3	1953-11-21	2	30°11'N / 91°56'W	30°22'N / 91°51'W	13.60 Miles	300 Yards	0	0	250K	0	St. Martin
47.7	1973-12-04	2	30°42'N / 90°34'W	30°43'N / 90°31'W	3.60 Miles	80 Yards	0	3	2.5M	0	Tangipahoa
48.2	1992-11-21	2	30°03'N / 91°55'W	30°05'N / 91°52'W	2.00 Miles	73 Yards	0	1	250K	0	Iberia
48.2	2000-03-15	2	29°36'N / 90°43'W	29°36'N / 90°43'W	3.00 Miles	40 Yards	0	36	10.0M	0	Terrebonne
		Brief Description: A tornado touched down in the southeast portion of Houma and moved in a northwest direction to just north of downtown. The tornado moved through both residential and commercial areas of Houma. The damage path was fairly narrow and much of the damage was classified as F1 scale on the Fujita damage scale. However there were areas of F2 tornado damage, particularily in one area where several commercial retail stores had portions of their roofs torn off. Emergency management reported approximately 212 structures received some type of damage, ranging from minor to severe. About 50 of these structures had monetary damage of 50 percent or more of their value. 36 injuries were reported. Only one injury required overnight hospitalization. National Weather Service meteorologist conducted a damage survey of the area.
48.3	1971-09-19	2	30°41'N / 90°30'W		0.20 Mile	50 Yards	0	0	3K	0	Tangipahoa
48.5	1992-11-01	2	30°05'N / 91°54'W		0.50 Mile	40 Yards	0	0	25K	0	St. Martin
48.7	1971-09-16	2	30°28'N / 90°20'W	30°31'N / 90°22'W	4.10 Miles	150 Yards	0	0	250K	0	Tangipahoa
49.5	1975-03-18	2	30°02'N / 91°56'W	30°04'N / 91°53'W	4.10 Miles	50 Yards	0	2	250K	0	Iberia
49.5	1977-04-21	3	30°18'N / 91°57'W	30°19'N / 91°54'W	3.80 Miles	440 Yards	1	11	2.5M	0	St. Martin

* The information on this page is based on the global volcano database, the U.S. earthquake database of 1638-1985, and the U.S. Tornado and Weather Extremes database of 1950-2010.