Bienville Parish

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Bienville Parish: 0.
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.

Claims by ZIP code

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

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 county boundary (or inside the county).
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.

Tsunamis

1. Places where NOAA's Global Historical Tsunami Database records a tsunami's water arriving, with the greatest height it reached above sea level at the time. Only tsunamis NOAA rates probable or definite are counted. Heights from eyewitness accounts and tide gauges are mixed, and older events are less completely recorded.

NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database, retrieved October 30, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Oct 14, 2009Flood$1.5 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Excessive heavy rainfall during the middle and latter part of the month resulted in very high water conditions on Lake Bistineau. The lake rose and crested at 146.5 feet on the evening of the 20th but the lake saw a higher crest early in the month of November from heavy rainfall that fell late in October. This crest information will be added to the November publication of Storm Data. At month's end, floodwaters from Bayou Dorcheat again threatened residents on Lake Bistineau and From Dixie Inn through Sibley, Louisiana. The crest on the 20th flooded some dozen homes around the lake. A giant salvinia infestation, a non-native water plant made conditions miserable for lake residents…

2. Dec 22, 1998Ice Storm, Bienville$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   A shallow dome of artic air spread across northern Louisiana while low pressure formed in the northern Gulf of Mexico pulling warm moist air northward over the top of the cold air. The result was widespread freezing rain, sleet and freezing drizzle. The ice accumulated mainly across exposed surfaces such as trees and powerlines as well as bridges and overpasses. Over a quarter million people were without power, some for over a week. I-20, I-220, and I-49 were shut down for a period. Numerous minor injuries were reported from vehicle accidents caused by slippery roads..

3. Feb 10, 1998Thunderstorm Wind$1.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous reports of trees and powerlines were felled. School buses were trapped on the highways during the storm when the roads were blocked from fallen trees. There were two injuries when a tree fell across a pickup truck on La Hwy 151. The men were transported to a local hospital and only one appeared to have serious injuries. Damage to several homes and mobile homes were also reported.

4. Apr 5, 2005Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A supercell storm spawned a tornado across northwest Bienville parish. The storm destroyed two mobile homes and did minor damage to 6 other homes along its path. Numerous trees and powerlines were also blown over in the storm. There was one injury from a tree hitting a mobile home approximately one half mile north of Fryeburg.

5. Sep 1, 2008Tropical Storm, Bienville$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Tropical storm force winds resulted in numerous trees down across the entire parish. Along with all the downed trees, there were reports of numerous power outages throughout the parish as well from downed power lines.

6. Apr 26, 2011Thunderstorm Wind$250,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Numerous trees were downed onto homes and cars in the Ringgold community.

7. Sep 13, 2008Tropical Storm, Bienville$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The remnants of Tropical Storm Ike resulted in widespread trees and power lines downed throughout all of Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Power outages were widespread as well with numerous residents without power during the height of the storm and days afterward.

8. Mar 24, 2017Thunderstorm Wind$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   The Ringgold Assembly of God Church had its roof lifted by straight line winds. As the roof came back down, it crushed the un-reinforced cinderblock walls near the front of the structure, which then partially collapsed. Portions of the roof structure also pelted the home across the street, with one two-by-four piercing the swimming pool slide in the backyard. All debris was found immediately down-wind of the church. A home about a half mile west of the church lost some shingles, and several trees were uprooted.

9. Apr 12, 2020Tornado$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down just west of the city of Arcadia, near Highway 9 south of Interstate 20. The tornado moved to the east-northeast uprooting and snapping trees and power lines. It completely destroyed a small outbuilding on Sapp Street west of Smith Avenue, and a single family home lost about 20% of its metal roof in this area as well. A mobile home was rolled off of its foundation along Crawford Road south of I-20. As the tornado crossed the interstate, it uprooted several trees before dissipating just north of I-20.

10. Apr 14, 2018Tornado$125,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    An EF-2 tornado was estimated maximum winds near 115 mph touched down about 4 miles east of Bryceland and moved east along Jot 'Em Down Road, snapping and uprooting several trees. The tornado continued east, crossing Highway 147 near the Bienville/Lincoln Parish line, and eventually, Highway 507, where the most significant damage occurred just southwest of the intersection with Talbert Road. Two barns were completely destroyed, the tops of several hardwood trees were snapped, and three-quarters of a metal roof of a home was uplifted and blown into the trees, but all exterior walls were still left standing. The tornado continued moving east, snapping and uprooting trees before…

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°F3 times, most recently Sep 3, 2000

All-time low

1°FFeb 16, 2021

Warmest night

81°F4 times, most recently Aug 10, 2023

Coldest day

16°FDec 25, 1983

Wettest day

10.25 inMay 7, 1978

Snowiest day

3.8 inJan 30, 1977

Hottest year

2023mean 67.5°F

Coldest year

1983mean 62.5°F

Wettest year

198984.01 in

Driest year

201033.50 in

Station Bienville 3 Ne (USC00160800), 307 ft elevation, 7.9 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1972 to October 25, 2026; 97.7% 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.

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

Neighbouring counties

• 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 USC00160800.
• 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.
• Tsunamis NOAA NCEI/WDS Global Historical Tsunami Database.
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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