Natural hazards · St. Joe

St. Joe, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in St. Joe comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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. Joe?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in St. Joe to be higher than in 35% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding56%Tornadoes17%Strong wind10%Cold waves7%Everything else10%

By hazard

What St. Joe faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 24 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 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 St. Joe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

Disasters that hit St. Joe

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into St. JoeDeclared for DeKalb County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $548 aid approved

DeKalb County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around St. Joe

St. Joe and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Joemostly inland floodingLow

Concordmostly inland floodingLow

Spencermostly 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. St. Joe 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. Joe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of St. Joe. 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.