Natural hazards · Grabill

Grabill, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grabill comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grabill?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grabill to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes19%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Grabill faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 83 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Grabill flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Allen County.

Disasters that hit Grabill

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrabillDeclared for Allen County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid

2014

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Town of Grabill for repairs

2007

Snow

$2K to the Town of Grabill for repairs

2000

Snow

$2K to the Town of Grabill for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$2K to the Town of Grabill for repairs

Allen County has had 16 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. Grabill 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 Grabill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Grabill. 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.

Grabill, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Grabill?

What Grabill faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Grabill flood?

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Snow

Snow

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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