Natural hazards · Gilmer Park

Gilmer Park, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gilmer Park 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 Gilmer Park?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gilmer Park to be higher than in 3% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves28%Tornadoes14%Hail5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gilmer Park faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Gilmer Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Joseph County.

Disasters that hit Gilmer Park

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for St. Joseph County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Gilmer Park itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Gilmer ParkDeclared for St. Joseph County only

St. Joseph County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Gilmer Park

Gilmer Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Bendmostly inland floodingVery low

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