Natural hazards · Bono

Bono, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bono comes from inland flooding, 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 Bono?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bono to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes18%Strong wind8%Earthquakes5%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bono faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bono flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Bono

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BonoDeclared for Lawrence County only

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

Around Bono

Bono and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bonomostly inland floodingModerate

Guthriemostly inland floodingModerate

Brownmostly inland floodingModerate

Marionmostly inland floodingModerate

Northeastmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Bono 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 Bono’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Bono. 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.