Natural hazards · Pierceville

Pierceville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pierceville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pierceville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pierceville to be higher than in 34% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes31%Strong wind12%Cold waves6%Earthquakes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Pierceville faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 36 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Pierceville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ripley County.

Disasters that hit Pierceville

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Ripley County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pierceville itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into PiercevilleDeclared for Ripley County only

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

Around Pierceville

Pierceville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Franklinmostly inland floodingModerate

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