Natural hazards · Williamsport

Williamsport, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Williamsport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Williamsport?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Williamsport to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves27%Tornadoes11%Strong wind7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Williamsport faces

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

Inland flooding

43% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 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 Williamsport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Warren County.

Disasters that hit Williamsport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilliamsportDeclared for Warren County only

2007

Snow

$6K to the Town of Williamsport for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

11 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

1999

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

$4K to the Town of Williamsport for repairs

Warren County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter 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. Williamsport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Williamsport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Williamsport. 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 Williamsport total about $749K 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.

Williamsport, IN natural hazards

How exposed is Williamsport?

What Williamsport faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Williamsport flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Snow

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

In-Winter Storm 12/23/98

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