Natural hazards · Syracuse

Syracuse, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Syracuse comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1980. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Syracuse?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Syracuse to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes23%Cold waves16%Strong wind8%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Syracuse faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 Syracuse flood?

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

3paid claims since 1980

$6Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19802026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 05% off flood insurance. Syracuse is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 9) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Kosciusko County.

Disasters that hit Syracuse

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SyracuseDeclared for Kosciusko County only

2018

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2014

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Town of Syracuse for repairs

2009

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $25K aid approved $5K to the Town of Syracuse for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2000

Snow

$4K to the Town of Syracuse for repairs

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$4K to the Town of Syracuse for repairs

Kosciusko County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

About these numbers

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

Syracuse, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Syracuse?

What Syracuse faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Syracuse flood?

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

Snow

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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