Photo: Chris Flook · CC BY-SA 4.0For tornadoes, Nineveh Township’s building-damage rate is in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Nineveh Township gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns, #325 of 593 in Indiana. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%), then tornadoes (22%). Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2001.
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 Nineveh 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
Earthquakes
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 Nineveh Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 67% of the building damage FEMA expects in Nineveh Township, and Nineveh Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 54% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 22%, at a rate in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts.
B #325 of 593 in Indiana; lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Nineveh Township’s residents live in 2 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Indiana town has lower expected damage than 60% of U.S. towns; within the state, Nineveh Township has more expected damage per building than 55% of Indiana towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $1.4M a year in losses across Nineveh Township: $1.1M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Nineveh Township flood? Rarely: 5 flood claims since 2001
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Nineveh Township, from FEMA’s records: 2.8 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 54% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
- The Storm3 claims · $133K
Nineveh 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: Johnson County.3 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Nineveh Township
Disasters that paid out in Nineveh Township itself (aid to households or repair grants to Nineveh Township), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2008Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes87 households applied for aid$169K aid approved3 flood claims paid that year
- 2005Severe Winter Storms and Flooding2 households applied for aid$2K aid approved
- 2003Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding1 households applied for aid$3K aid approved
Johnson County has had 13 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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Nineveh Township is 3rd of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hensley Township | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Prince's Lakes | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Nineveh Township | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 5 |
| Blue River Township | B−more damage than 50% | river and rain flooding | 36 |
| Hamblen Township | B−more damage than 52% | river and rain flooding | 46 |
| Franklin Township | C+more damage than 60% | river and rain flooding | 136 |
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 Nineveh 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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- 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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Nineveh Township
Is Nineveh Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Nineveh Township has lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk, #325 of 593 in Indiana. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%) and tornadoes (22%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Nineveh Township flood?
Flood insurance has paid 5 claims in Nineveh Township since 2001, $211K in all, or 2.8 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 54% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. The most claims came from Storm (3).
Is Nineveh 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 Johnson County, 18% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.7% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Nineveh Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Nineveh 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 Nineveh Township?
By FEMA money that reached Nineveh Township, Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes (2008): 87 households applied for aid, $169K approved. By flood claims, Storm: 3 paid, $133K.
Is Nineveh Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (67%), and Nineveh Township’s rate for it is lower than 54% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Nineveh Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Nineveh 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.