Pleasant Township’s building-damage rate from tornadoes is in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Pleasant Township gets a B− for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 50% of U.S. towns, #420 of 593 in Indiana. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%), then tornadoes (21%). Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1979.
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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 67% of the building damage FEMA expects in Pleasant Township, and Pleasant Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 56% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 21%, at a rate in the top 3% of U.S. census tracts.
B− #420 of 593 in Indiana; higher expected damage per building than 50% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Pleasant Township’s residents live in 11 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, Pleasant Township has more expected damage per building than 71% of Indiana towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $17.3M a year in losses across Pleasant Township: $13.0M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Pleasant Township flood? Sometimes: 18 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Pleasant Township, from FEMA’s records: 0.7 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 85% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
- The Storm9 claims · $191K
Pleasant 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.The storms Pleasant Township remembers
None of the 13 disasters declared for Johnson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pleasant Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 20089 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes, declared for Johnson County
- 20133 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19792 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
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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Add to the Pleasant Township archive →Pleasant Township and its neighbors
Pleasant Township is 5th of the 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Township | B+less damage than 69% | river and rain flooding | 10 |
| Clark Township | Bless damage than 64% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Indianapolis | B−less damage than 54% | river and rain flooding | 1,638 |
| Greenwood | B−less damage than 53% | river and rain flooding | 37 |
| Pleasant Township | B−more damage than 50% | river and rain flooding | 18 |
| Perry Township | B−more damage than 52% | river and rain flooding | 101 |
| White River Township | C+more damage than 57% | river and rain flooding | 31 |
| 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 Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township
Is Pleasant Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Pleasant Township has higher expected damage per building than 50% of U.S. towns: B− for hazard risk, #420 of 593 in Indiana. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (67%) and tornadoes (21%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Pleasant Township flood?
Flood insurance has paid 18 claims in Pleasant Township since 1979, $241K in all, or 0.7 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 85% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. The most claims came from Storm (9).
Is Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Pleasant 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 Pleasant Township?
By flood claims, Storm: 9 paid, $191K.
Is Pleasant Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (67%), and Pleasant Township’s rate for it is higher than 56% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Pleasant Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Pleasant 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.