Natural hazards · Center

Center, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Center comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Center?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Center to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves25%Tornadoes18%Earthquakes7%Strong wind7%Hail5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Center faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Center flood?

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

Disasters that hit Center

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CenterDeclared for Benton County only

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

Around Center

Center and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Parish Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Richlandmostly inland floodingLow

Pinemostly inland floodingLow

Oak Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Centermostly inland floodingVery low

Unionmostly inland floodingVery low

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