Natural hazards · Linton

Linton, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Linton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Linton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Linton to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding51%Earthquakes16%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Linton faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Linton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vigo County.

Disasters that hit Linton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LintonDeclared for Vigo County only

Vigo County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Linton

Linton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Honey Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Piersonmostly inland floodingLow

Lintonmostly inland floodingLow

Prairie Creekmostly inland floodingLow

Farmersburgmostly inland floodingLow

Currymostly inland floodingLow

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