Natural hazards · Jonesboro

Jonesboro, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jonesboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1992. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Jonesboro?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jonesboro to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes20%Everything else20%

By hazard

What Jonesboro faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 87 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 Jonesboro flood?

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

11paid claims since 1992

$96Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19922026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit Jonesboro

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JonesboroDeclared for Grant County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

51 households applied for aid $27K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Grant County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Jonesboro

Jonesboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jonesboromostly inland floodingHigh

Gas Citymostly inland floodingHigh

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. Jonesboro 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 Jonesboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Jonesboro. 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.