Natural hazards · Goodland

Goodland, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goodland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Goodland?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goodland to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves25%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Goodland faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Goodland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Newton County.

Disasters that hit Goodland

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoodlandDeclared for Newton County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $35K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

2000

Snow

$2K to the Town of Goodland for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$4K to the Town of Goodland for repairs

Newton County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Goodland 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 Goodland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Goodland. 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.