Natural hazards · Jackson

Jackson, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jackson comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2004.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jackson?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jackson to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves19%Tornadoes17%Strong wind6%Hail5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Jackson faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 46 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Jackson flood?

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

4paid claims since 2004

$76Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Elkhart County.

Disasters that hit Jackson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into JacksonDeclared for Elkhart County only

Elkhart County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Jackson

Jackson and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Van Burenmostly inland floodingVery low

Jacksonmostly inland floodingVery low

Bentonmostly inland floodingVery low

Elkhartmostly inland floodingVery low

Unionmostly 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. Jackson covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Jackson’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Jackson. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Jackson total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.