Natural hazards · Lyons

Lyons, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lyons comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Lyons?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lyons to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Tornadoes9%Earthquakes8%Strong wind6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Lyons faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Lyons flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Lyons

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LyonsDeclared for Greene County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

25 households applied for aid $225K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $93K aid approved $1K to the Town of Lyons for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $952 aid approved $5K to the Town of Lyons for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$2K to the Town of Lyons for repairs

Greene County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lyons

Lyons and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lyonsmostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Grantmostly 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. Lyons 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 Lyons’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Lyons. 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.