Natural hazards · St. Bernice

St. Bernice, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in St. Bernice comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is St. Bernice?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in St. Bernice to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding40%Cold waves21%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes10%Strong wind6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What St. Bernice faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 St. Bernice flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vermillion County.

Disasters that hit St. Bernice

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into St. BerniceDeclared for Vermillion County only

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

12 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Vermillion 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. St. Bernice 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 St. Bernice’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to St. Bernice. 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.