Natural hazards · Speedway

Speedway, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Speedway comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Speedway?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Speedway to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding67%Tornadoes10%Cold waves8%Heat waves6%Earthquakes5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Speedway faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Speedway flood?

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

18paid claims since 1978

$66Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Speedway

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SpeedwayDeclared for Marion County only

2014

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$15K to the Town of Speedway for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2007

Snow

$12K to the Town of Speedway for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

47 households applied for aid $136K aid approved

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$6K to the Town of Speedway for repairs

Marion County has had 16 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. Speedway covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Speedway’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Speedway. 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 Speedway total about $6.7M 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.