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Natural hazards · Rising Sun

Rising Sun, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rising Sun comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1997. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Rising Sun?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rising Sun to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes27%Strong wind18%Cold waves7%Everything else7%
By hazard

What Rising Sun faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Strong wind

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rising Sun flood?

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

2paid claims since 1997
$16Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19972026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Rising Sun isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Ohio County.
Disasters that hit Rising Sun

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Rising Sun itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Rising Sun.

Brought FEMA money into Rising SunDeclared for Ohio County only
2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $153K to the City of Rising Sun for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the City of Rising Sun for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

79 households applied for aid $15K aid approved $91K to the City of Rising Sun for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$56K to the City of Rising Sun for repairs
2004

Snow

$8K to the City of Rising Sun for repairs
2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved
Ohio County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Rising Sun

Rising Sun and the towns around it

Rabbit Hash: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRandolph: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPosey: High, mostly inland floodingBelleview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCenter: High, mostly inland floodingUnion: High, mostly inland floodingCass: High, mostly inland floodingRising Sun: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Rising SunRabbit HashRandolph
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Rabbit Hashmostly inland floodingModerate
Rising Sunmostly inland floodingModerate
Randolphmostly 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. Rising Sun covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rising Sun’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rising Sun. 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 Rising Sun total about $1.3M 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.

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