Natural hazards · Kennard

Kennard, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kennard comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kennard?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kennard to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes28%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Kennard faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 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 Kennard flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Henry County.

Disasters that hit Kennard

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KennardDeclared for Henry County only

2026

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

1 household applied for aid $12K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $793 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $5K aid approved

Henry County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Kennard 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 Kennard’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kennard. 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.