Natural hazards · Concord

Concord, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Concord comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1982.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Concord?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Concord to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes17%Strong wind10%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Concord 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

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Concord flood?

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

2paid claims since 1982

$51Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

Disasters that hit Concord

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConcordDeclared for DeKalb County only

DeKalb County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Concord

Concord and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Concordmostly inland floodingLow

Spencermostly inland floodingLow

Newvillemostly inland floodingLow

Jacksonmostly inland floodingLow

St. Joemostly inland floodingLow

Wilmingtonmostly inland floodingLow

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. Concord covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Concord’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Concord. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Concord total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.