Natural hazards · Bryant

Bryant, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bryant comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bryant?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bryant to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes26%Strong wind8%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Bryant faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 28% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bryant flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jay County.

Disasters that hit Bryant

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BryantDeclared for Jay County only

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

68 households applied for aid $47K aid approved $2K to the Town of Bryant for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $38K aid approved $12K to the Town of Bryant for repairs

Jay County has had 13 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. Bryant 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 Bryant’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Bryant. 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.