Natural hazards · Deputy

Deputy, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Deputy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Deputy?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes31%Strong wind11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Deputy faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 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 Deputy flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Deputy

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DeputyDeclared for Jefferson County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2012

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

53 households applied for aid $22K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved

Jefferson County has had 23 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. Deputy 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 Deputy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Deputy. 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.

Deputy, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Deputy?

What Deputy faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Deputy flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

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