Natural hazards · Kewanna

Kewanna, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kewanna comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kewanna?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kewanna to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding28%Drought20%Cold waves17%Tornadoes15%Strong wind9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Kewanna faces

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

Inland flooding

28% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Kewanna flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Kewanna

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KewannaDeclared for Fulton County only

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$1K to the Town of Kewanna for repairs

Fulton County has had 16 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. Kewanna 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 Kewanna’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kewanna. 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.

Kewanna, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Kewanna?

What Kewanna faces

Inland flooding

Drought

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Kewanna flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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