Natural hazards · Pittsboro

Pittsboro, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 2003. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pittsboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsboro to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding59%Tornadoes15%Cold waves8%Everything else18%

By hazard

What Pittsboro faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 42 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Pittsboro flood?

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

4paid claims since 2003

$56Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20032026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hendricks County.

Disasters that hit Pittsboro

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsboroDeclared for Hendricks County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2007

Snow

$5K to the Town of Pittsboro for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$2K to the Town of Pittsboro for repairs

Hendricks County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Pittsboro

Pittsboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pittsboromostly inland floodingModerate

Brownsburgmostly 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. Pittsboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittsboro’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Pittsboro. 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 Pittsboro total about $2.4M 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.