Minden

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond this area.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Every storm within 100 miles

1. Tropical storms and hurricanes (34 kt or more, still tropical) at closest approach. Post-tropical remnants with gale-force winds are listed but not counted. Direct: track within 50 miles; near: within 100 miles. Distance is measured to the county boundary for counties and to the city centre for cities, using positions interpolated hourly between HURDAT2 fixes.

National Hurricane Center HURDAT2, 1851 to 2025.

Every large fire

1. Large fires mapped by the Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity program since 1984: 1,000 acres or more in the West, 500 or more in the East. Prescribed burns are excluded. Acres here are the part of each perimeter inside this place.

Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service), 1984 to 2026.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Flood insurance figures are for Webster Parish, the county that contains Minden.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges in Webster Parish, the county that contains Minden.

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

The drought index is for Webster Parish, the county that contains Minden.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the city centre.
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. May 28, 2021Tornado$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down just southwest of the Minden airport along Methodist Camp Road and tore through Downtown Minden over the course of its 2.5+ mile track. The tornado tracked southeast through the heart of Minden, crossing Main Street/Highway 79 in the Downtown area. Nearly all of the damage was limited to trees being uprooted or having large limbs and the tops of trunks broken with some scattered structural damage in the town due to tree debris falling on these structures. The tornado weakened and lifted as it crossed Fincher Road on the eastern side of the Minden city limits.

2. Apr 23, 2000Tornado$800,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   About 200 houses suffered roof damage and numerous trees were either uprooted or snapped. Tree damage occurred up to 1 mile either side of the tornado track.

3. Jan 11, 2020Tornado$750,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is the continuation of the Bossier Parish EF-2 tornado. This tornado weakened slightly as it crossed Pilgrim Rest Road, and tracked northeast before entering the southern sections of Doyline, downing hundreds of trees as it crossed Highways 163 and 164, before entering the extreme southeast corner of Camp Minden. The tornado then tore through the town of Sibley and the northern fringes of Dubberly, where it downed trees and power lines, damaged a metal barn, the roof of a home, and destroyed a shed on Wallraven Road. An 18-wheeler trailer was overturned at the South Webster Industrial Park in Sibley, and a building, fencing, and equipment were damaged at an oil field service…

4. Jul 28, 2009Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The American Legion Hall in Springhill has 3 feet of water in it. Several cars were stranded along 7th street and several homes have water in them.

5. Dec 16, 2019Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This is a continuation of the Bossier Parish EF-1 tornado. This tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph, tracked northeast across Fuller Road, with damage confined to trees as it moved over Bayou Dorcheat and over Dorcheat Road. The tornado then crossed Highway 371 and Couchwood Road, where additional trees were snapped and uprooted, with a portion of one tree responsible for minor damage to a shed off of Couchwood Road. The tornado then moved across heavily wooded areas in Central Webster Parish that was inaccessible by vehicle, but tornadic debris signatures from doppler radar remained consistent within the tight rotation in the favorable area of the storm to suggest…

6. Oct 4, 2009Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   High water was reported through much of the month as Bayou Dorcheat at Springhill and Dixie Inn, Louisiana rose out of its banks. The bayou at Springhill, Louisiana rose above the 11 foot flood stage during the morning of October 4th and remained above flood stage into the month of November. The river crested on the morning of the 16th at 20.5 feet. Considerable lowland flooding was reported. Below Springhill, Louisiana at Dixie Inn, Louisiana, Bayou Dorcheat went into flood on the morning of the 6th and remained above the 14 foot flood stage into the month of November. The bayou crested at a stage of 23.2 feet on the afternoon of the 18th. At that stage, the boat landing ramp…

7. Jul 28, 2009Flash Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Two feet of water was reported over Main Street. Five to six businesses were flooded. Water was reported over 7th Street east bridge and water was nearing the top of second bridge in town. Major damage was done to several culverts and bridges across the city.

8. May 2, 1997Flash Flood$325,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Slow moving thunderstorms led to 4 to 5 inches of rain over a short period of time. This resulted in flash flooding with numerous roads underwater and flooding of homes in the town. Sixty separate sites were reported by the Public Works Director for the area. Bridges, culverts, blacktop, driveways, and dirt roads suffered extensive damage.

9. Apr 5, 2005Tornado$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   This was a continuation of the tornado that first formed 4 miles SW of Fryeburg...and then crossed into extreme southern Webster Parish. This storm destroyed two mobile homes and damaged four other homes along with uprooting or snapping several trees along its path. Several power poles were alsodowned.

10. Sep 1, 2008Tropical Storm, Webster$250,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Numerous trees and power lines were downed throughout the parish. One tree fell on top of a home in Minden, Louisiana resulting in a small fire. There were no injuries. However, power outages were widespread across the parish.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

109°FSep 1, 2000

All-time low

−1°FJan 12, 1962

Warmest night

82°F2 times, most recently Aug 10, 1992

Coldest day

13°FDec 25, 1983

Wettest day

9.43 inApr 28, 1991

Snowiest day

5.1 inJan 1, 2001

Hottest year

1954mean 67.1°F

Coldest year

2014mean 61.2°F

Wettest year

200479.59 in

Driest year

195430.61 in

Snowiest season

12.5 in2020-21

Station Homer 1N (USC00164355), 215 ft elevation, 18.0 miles from the city centre. Daily records from 1893 to October 26, 2026; 93.2% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

Declarations for Webster Parish.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00164355.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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