Natural hazards · York

York, IN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in York 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 York?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in York to be higher than in 27% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding43%Cold waves21%Tornadoes15%Hail6%Strong wind6%Earthquakes5%Everything else4%

By hazard

What York 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 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 York flood?

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

Disasters that hit York

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into YorkDeclared for Benton County only

Benton County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around York

York and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sheldonmostly inland floodingVery high

Stocklandmostly inland floodingHigh

Jeffersonmostly inland floodingLow

Yorkmostly inland floodingLow

Richlandmostly inland floodingLow

Parish Grovemostly inland floodingLow

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