Natural hazards · Dubois

Dubois, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dubois comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dubois?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dubois to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Strong wind10%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Dubois faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Dubois flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dubois County.

Disasters that hit Dubois

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DuboisDeclared for Dubois County only

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

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

Around Dubois

Dubois and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Duboismostly inland floodingModerate

Hallmostly inland floodingModerate

Marionmostly inland floodingModerate

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