Natural hazards · Rushville

Rushville, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rushville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1993. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Rushville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rushville to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding52%Tornadoes28%Earthquakes6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Rushville faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Rushville flood?

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

10paid claims since 1993

$53Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19932026

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. Rushville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Rush County.

Disasters that hit Rushville

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RushvilleDeclared for Rush County only

2026

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

13 households applied for aid $63K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the City of Rushville for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $688 aid approved

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $13K aid approved $4K to the City of Rushville for repairs

2004

Snow

$9K to the City of Rushville for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$7K to the City of Rushville for repairs

Rush County has had 14 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. Rushville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rushville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Rushville. 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 Rushville total about $1.0M 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.