Natural hazards · Plainville

Plainville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plainville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Plainville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes20%Tornadoes9%Drought8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Plainville faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Plainville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Daviess County.

Disasters that hit Plainville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainvilleDeclared for Daviess County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Daviess County has had 16 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. Plainville 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 Plainville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Plainville. 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.