Natural hazards · Remington

Remington, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Remington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Remington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Remington to be higher than in 40% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves15%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Remington 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 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Remington flood?

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

13paid claims since 1978

$517Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jasper County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Remington

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RemingtonDeclared for Jasper County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

96 households applied for aid $526K aid approved $28K to the Town of Remington for repairs

2007

Snow

$2K to the Town of Remington for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $844 aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$1K to the Town of Remington for repairs

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

Remington, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Remington?

What Remington faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Remington flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

What’s been done with FEMA grants

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Snow

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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