Natural hazards · Oakville

Oakville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Oakville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Oakville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Oakville to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes25%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Oakville faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 42 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Oakville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Delaware County.

Disasters that hit Oakville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OakvilleDeclared for Delaware County only

2026

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $17K aid approved

Delaware County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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