Natural hazards · Sparta

Sparta, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sparta comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sparta?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sparta to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes24%Cold waves14%Strong wind11%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Sparta faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 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 Sparta flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dearborn County.

Disasters that hit Sparta

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Dearborn County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Sparta itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into SpartaDeclared for Dearborn County only

Dearborn County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Sparta

Sparta and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hoganmostly inland floodingModerate

Spartamostly inland floodingLow

Manchestermostly inland floodingLow

Claymostly inland floodingLow

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. Sparta 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 Sparta’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sparta. 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.