Airtight Bridge · Photo: Nyttend · Public domainFEMA expects more hazard damage per building in Ashmore Township than in 78% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Ashmore Township gets a C− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 78% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (81%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Ashmore Township faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Earthquakes
Tornadoes
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Ashmore Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 81% of the building damage FEMA expects in Ashmore Township, and Ashmore Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 84% of U.S. census tracts. Next is earthquakes at 8% (higher than 78% of U.S. census tracts).
C− higher expected damage per building than 78% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Ashmore Township’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.0M a year in losses across Ashmore Township: $695K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Ashmore Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Ashmore Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Ashmore Township isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Coles County.The storms Ashmore Township remembers
None of the 6 disasters declared for Coles County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Ashmore Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Coles County has had 6 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then winter storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Ashmore Township and its neighbors
Ashmore Township has the lowest expected damage per building of the 2 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashmore Township | C−more damage than 78% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| East Oakland Township | C−more damage than 82% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Morgan Township | — | 325 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Charleston Township | — | not graded yet | |
| Hutton Township | — | 925 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Westfield Township | — | 563 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
| Kansas Township | — | not graded yet | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Ashmore Township faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
Know where neighbors sign up for alerts? Add it to the Handbook so everyone has it.
Questions about natural hazards in Ashmore Township
Is Ashmore Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Ashmore Township has higher expected damage per building than 78% of U.S. towns: C− for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (81%) and earthquakes (8%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Ashmore Township in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Coles County, 16% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Ashmore Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Ashmore Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Ashmore Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (81%), and Ashmore Township’s rate for it is higher than 84% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Ashmore Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Ashmore Township’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.