Natural hazards · New Paris

New Paris, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Paris comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is New Paris?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Paris to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves19%Tornadoes17%Strong wind6%Hail5%Everything else7%

By hazard

What New Paris faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 46 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 New Paris flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Elkhart County.

Disasters that hit New Paris

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in New Paris itself: aid to households, or repair grants to New Paris.

Brought FEMA money into New ParisDeclared for Elkhart County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Elkhart County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter 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. New Paris 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 New Paris’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to New Paris. 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.

New Paris, IN natural hazards

How exposed is New Paris?

What New Paris faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does New Paris flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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