Natural hazards · Bicknell

Bicknell, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bicknell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bicknell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bicknell to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding45%Earthquakes20%Tornadoes16%Heat waves6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Bicknell 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 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Bicknell flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Bicknell

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BicknellDeclared for Knox County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

16 households applied for aid $125K aid approved $88K to the City of Bicknell for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $26K aid approved

2004

Snow

$5K to the City of Bicknell for repairs

Knox County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Bicknell covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bicknell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bicknell. 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 Bicknell total about $959K 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.