Natural hazards · Barton

Barton, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barton comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barton to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes29%Inland flooding25%Drought20%Strong wind8%Tornadoes7%Heat waves6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Barton faces

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

Earthquakes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Barton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gibson County.

Disasters that hit Barton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Gibson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Barton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BartonDeclared for Gibson County only

Gibson County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Barton

Barton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Monroemostly inland floodingModerate

Greermostly inland floodingModerate

Hartmostly inland floodingModerate

Centermostly earthquakesModerate

Lynnvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Bartonmostly earthquakesModerate

Columbiamostly earthquakesModerate

Unionmostly earthquakesModerate

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. Barton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barton. 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 Barton total about $2.8M 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.