Natural hazards · Brookville

Brookville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1990. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Brookville?

87
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookville to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Tornadoes11%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Brookville faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Brookville flood?

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

3paid claims since 1990
$92Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19902026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookvilleDeclared for Franklin County only
2026

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $38K aid approved
2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$32K to the Town of Brookville for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

15 households applied for aid
2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid
2004

Snow

$3K to the Town of Brookville for repairs
Franklin County has had 21 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. Brookville 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 Brookville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Brookville. 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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