Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0Greensfork Township’s building-damage rate from tornadoes is in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Greensfork Township gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 62% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (69%), then tornadoes (22%). 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 Greensfork 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
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 Greensfork Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 69% of the building damage FEMA expects in Greensfork Township, and Greensfork Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 55% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 22%, at a rate in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts.
B lower expected damage per building than 62% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Greensfork Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $357K a year in losses across Greensfork Township: $287K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Greensfork Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Greensfork Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Greensfork 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: Randolph County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Greensfork Township
Disasters that paid out in Greensfork Township itself (aid to households or repair grants to Greensfork Township), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2005Severe Winter Storms and Flooding$5K to Greensfork Township for repairs
Randolph County has had 16 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.
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Greensfork Township is 3rd of the 7 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington Township | B+less damage than 73% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Wayne Township | Bless damage than 65% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Greensfork Township | Bless damage than 62% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Washington Township | Bless damage than 61% | river and rain flooding | — |
| White River Township | B−more damage than 51% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Franklin Township | C+more damage than 56% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| New Garden Township | C+more damage than 56% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Liberty Township | — | 808 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
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 Greensfork 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.
- 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 Greensfork Township
Is Greensfork Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Greensfork Township has lower expected damage per building than 62% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (69%) and tornadoes (22%). The figures are for the one census tract the town shares with its neighbors. This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Greensfork 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 Randolph County, 19% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Greensfork Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Greensfork Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Greensfork Township?
By FEMA money that reached Greensfork Township, Severe Winter Storms and Flooding (2005): $5K to Greensfork Township for repairs.
Is Greensfork Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (69%), and Greensfork Township’s rate for it is lower than 55% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Greensfork Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Greensfork 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.