Natural hazards · Scipio

Scipio, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Scipio comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Scipio?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Scipio to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding60%Tornadoes19%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Scipio faces

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

Inland flooding

60% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Scipio flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jennings County.

Disasters that hit Scipio

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ScipioDeclared for Jennings County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $940 aid approved

Jennings County has had 16 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. Scipio 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 Scipio’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Scipio. 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.