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New Salisbury, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in New Salisbury 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 New Salisbury?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in New Salisbury to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes28%Cold waves9%Strong wind7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What New Salisbury 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
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Salisbury flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. New Salisbury isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Harrison County.
Disasters that hit New Salisbury

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into New SalisburyDeclared for Harrison County only
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

87 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
Harrison County has had 19 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. New Salisbury 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 Salisbury’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to New Salisbury. 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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