Natural hazards · Hudson

Hudson, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hudson 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 Hudson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hudson to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves27%Tornadoes24%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Hudson faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 49 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Hudson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: LaPorte County.

Disasters that hit Hudson

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for LaPorte County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hudson itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HudsonDeclared for LaPorte County only

LaPorte County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Hudson

Hudson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Galenamostly inland floodingLow

Hudsonmostly inland floodingVery low

Olivemostly 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. Hudson 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 Hudson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Hudson. 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.