Natural hazards · Connersville

Connersville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Connersville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1980. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Connersville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Connersville to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes25%Strong wind8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Connersville faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Connersville flood?

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

11paid claims since 1980

$321Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

Biggest named events

2026-08-Indiana-Flooding: 7 claims, $274K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fayette County.

Disasters that hit Connersville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ConnersvilleDeclared for Fayette County only

2026

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

290 households applied for aid $5.6M aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$64K to the City of Connersville for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $27K aid approved $43K to the City of Connersville for repairs

2004

Snow

$26K to the City of Connersville for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$18K to the City of Connersville for repairs

Fayette County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter 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. Connersville covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Connersville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Connersville. 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 Connersville total about $5.0M 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.