Natural hazards · Wynnedale

Wynnedale, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wynnedale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Wynnedale?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wynnedale to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding61%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Heat waves7%Earthquakes6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Wynnedale faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Wynnedale flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Wynnedale

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Marion County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wynnedale itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into WynnedaleDeclared for Marion County only

Marion County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms 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. Wynnedale 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 Wynnedale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Wynnedale. 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.