Natural hazards · Rockville

Rockville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rockville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockville to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves19%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes10%Strong wind8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Rockville faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 50 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Rockville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Parke County.

Disasters that hit Rockville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockvilleDeclared for Parke County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Town of Rockville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

33 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $6K to the Town of Rockville for repairs

2007

Snow

$7K to the Town of Rockville for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $225 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$16K to the Town of Rockville for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$5K to the Town of Rockville for repairs

Parke County has had 17 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. Rockville 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 Rockville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Rockville. 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.