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Bringhurst, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bringhurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bringhurst?

42
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bringhurst to be higher than in 42% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Cold waves13%Tornadoes13%Strong wind5%Earthquakes5%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Bringhurst faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 60 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Bringhurst flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bringhurst isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Carroll County.
Disasters that hit Bringhurst

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BringhurstDeclared for Carroll County only
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $8K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $36K aid approved
Carroll County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Bringhurst 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 Bringhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bringhurst. 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.

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