Natural hazards · Avilla

Avilla, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Avilla comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Avilla?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Avilla to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding45%Tornadoes21%Cold waves10%Strong wind10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Avilla faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 43% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Avilla flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Avilla.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Avilla isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Noble County.

Disasters that hit Avilla

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AvillaDeclared for Noble County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Town of Avilla for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $997 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $335 aid approved

2007

Snow

$3K to the Town of Avilla for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2000

Snow

$1K to the Town of Avilla for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$3K to the Town of Avilla for repairs

Noble County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Avilla is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Avilla’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Avilla. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.

Avilla, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Avilla?

What Avilla faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Avilla flood?

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Snow

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Snow

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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