Natural hazards · Marengo

Marengo, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Marengo comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 29 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Marengo?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Marengo to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes19%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Marengo faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Marengo flood?

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

29paid claims since 1979

$237Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19792026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Marengo

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarengoDeclared for Crawford County only

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and

$3K to the Town of Marengo for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$17K to the Town of Marengo for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

74 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $18K to the Town of Marengo for repairs

2004

Snow

$6K to the Town of Marengo for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

186 households applied for aid $333K aid approved $117K to the Town of Marengo for repairs

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

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