Natural hazards · Switz

Switz, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Switz comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Switz?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Switz to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes14%Earthquakes10%Strong wind9%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Switz faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Switz flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Switz

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SwitzDeclared for Greene County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$48K to the Town of Switz for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid $16K aid approved $36K to the Town of Switz for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Greene 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. Switz 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 Switz’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Switz. 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.