Natural hazards · Greens Fork

Greens Fork, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greens Fork comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2008. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greens Fork?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Greens Fork to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes20%Strong wind7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Greens Fork 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

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 17 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Greens Fork flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Greens Fork, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2008

$8Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wayne County.

Disasters that hit Greens Fork

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Greens ForkDeclared for Wayne County only

2026

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $10 aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $974 aid approved

Wayne County has had 13 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. Greens Fork 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 Greens Fork’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Greens Fork. 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.