Natural hazards · Vincennes

Vincennes, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vincennes comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1979. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Vincennes?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vincennes to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes44%Inland flooding33%Tornadoes10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Vincennes faces

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

Earthquakes

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Vincennes flood?

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

31paid claims since 1979

$545Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $79K
Storm: 2 claims, $86K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Vincennes

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VincennesDeclared for Knox County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

14 households applied for aid $44K aid approved $14K to the City of Vincennes for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $39K aid approved $10K to the City of Vincennes for repairs

2004

Snow

$16K to the City of Vincennes for repairs

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$139K to the City of Vincennes for repairs

Knox County has had 16 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. Vincennes covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Vincennes’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Vincennes. 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 Vincennes total about $5.4M 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.