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Natural hazards · Markle

Markle, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Markle comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1996. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Markle?

36
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Markle to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes19%Strong wind7%Cold waves6%Drought6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Markle faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 2 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 Markle flood?

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

1paid claims since 1996
$10Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19962026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Markle isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Huntington County.
Disasters that hit Markle

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MarkleDeclared for Huntington County only
2014

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Town of Markle for repairs
2007

Snow

$2K to the Town of Markle for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $1K aid approved
1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$878 to the Town of Markle for repairs
Huntington County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.
Around Markle

Markle and the towns around it

Union: Low, mostly inland floodingRock Creek: Low, mostly inland floodingHuntington: Moderate, mostly inland floodingUnion: Moderate, mostly inland floodingJackson: Low, mostly inland floodingLancaster: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRockcreek: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSalamonie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarkle: Low, mostly inland flooding MarkleUnionRock Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Marklemostly inland floodingLow
Unionmostly inland floodingLow
Rock Creekmostly 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. Markle 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 Markle’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Markle. 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.

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