Natural hazards · Angola

Angola, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Angola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1982. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations
Expected damage

How exposed is Angola?

5
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Angola to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes26%Strong wind11%Cold waves9%Hail7%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Angola faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 4% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Strong wind

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity
Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.
Flood insurance claims

Does Angola flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Angola, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 1982
$12Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19822026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Angola isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Steuben County.
Disasters that hit Angola

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Angola itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Angola.

Brought FEMA money into AngolaDeclared for Steuben County only
2007

Snow

$10K to the City of Angola for repairs
2000

Snow

$7K to the City of Angola for repairs
1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$9K to the City of Angola for repairs
Steuben County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and tornadoes.
About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.
Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Angola covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Angola’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Angola. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Angola total about $1.3M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.

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