Natural hazards · Nineveh

Nineveh, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nineveh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2001. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nineveh?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nineveh to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes22%Strong wind7%Earthquakes5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Nineveh 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 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

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 Nineveh flood?

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

5paid claims since 2001

$211Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20012026

Biggest named events

Storm: 3 claims, $133K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Nineveh

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NinevehDeclared for Johnson County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

87 households applied for aid $169K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Johnson County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Nineveh

Nineveh and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hamblenmostly inland floodingModerate

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

Blue Rivermostly inland floodingModerate

Ninevehmostly inland floodingModerate

Hensleymostly inland floodingModerate

Prince's Lakesmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Nineveh covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nineveh’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Nineveh. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Nineveh total about $2.7M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.