Natural hazards · Walton

Walton, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walton?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walton to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves13%Tornadoes11%Strong wind9%Hail6%Drought5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Walton 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

Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 18 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Walton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Walton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WaltonDeclared for Cass County only

2026

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

3 households applied for aid

2007

Snow

$2K to the Town of Walton for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

50 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$2K to the Town of Walton for repairs

Cass County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

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