Natural hazards · Redkey

Redkey, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Redkey comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Redkey?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Redkey to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes25%Strong wind8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Redkey 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

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 25 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Redkey flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jay County.

Disasters that hit Redkey

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RedkeyDeclared for Jay County only

2007

Snow

$5K to the Town of Redkey for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

169 households applied for aid $102K aid approved $59K to the Town of Redkey for repairs

2004

Snow

$1K to the Town of Redkey for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $25K aid approved

Jay County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Redkey 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 Redkey’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Redkey. 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.

Redkey, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Redkey?

What Redkey faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Redkey flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Snow

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Snow

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

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