Natural hazards · Battle Ground

Battle Ground, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Battle Ground comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2004. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Battle Ground?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding60%Cold waves20%Tornadoes7%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Battle Ground faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 21 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Battle Ground flood?

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

1paid claims since 2004

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tippecanoe County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Battle Ground

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Battle GroundDeclared for Tippecanoe County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $170K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $85K aid approved

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$2K to the Town of Battle Ground for repairs

Tippecanoe County has had 12 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. Battle Ground 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 Battle Ground’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Battle Ground. 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.

Battle Ground, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Battle Ground?

What Battle Ground faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Battle Ground flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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