Natural hazards · Rolling Prairie

Rolling Prairie, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rolling Prairie comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Rolling Prairie?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rolling Prairie to be higher than in 9% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves27%Tornadoes24%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Rolling Prairie faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 49 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Rolling Prairie flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: LaPorte County.

Disasters that hit Rolling Prairie

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Rolling Prairie itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Rolling Prairie.

Brought FEMA money into Rolling PrairieDeclared for LaPorte County only

2026

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $526 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $42K aid approved

LaPorte County has had 15 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. Rolling Prairie 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 Rolling Prairie’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Rolling Prairie. 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.

Rolling Prairie, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Rolling Prairie?

What Rolling Prairie faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Rolling Prairie flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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