On FEMA’s figures, Wea Township faces less hazard damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Wea Township gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns, #61 of 593 in Indiana. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%). Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1981.
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 Wea 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
Hail
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 Wea Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 76% of the building damage FEMA expects in Wea Township, and Wea Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 73% of U.S. census tracts. Next is hail at 9% (higher than 84% of U.S. census tracts).
A #61 of 593 in Indiana; lower expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Wea Township’s residents live in 8 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, Wea Township has less expected damage per building than 90% of Indiana towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $8.6M a year in losses across Wea Township: $4.4M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Wea Township flood? Sometimes: 10 flood claims since 1981
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Wea 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.
Wea 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: Tippecanoe County.The storms Wea Township remembers
None of the 11 disasters declared for Tippecanoe County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Wea Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
- 20054 flood claims paidThe year of Severe Winter Storms and Flooding, declared for Tippecanoe County
- 20172 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
- 19811 flood claims paidNo declaration for the county that year
Tippecanoe County has had 11 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 Wea Township archive →Wea Township and its neighbors
Wea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lafayette | Aless damage than 93% | river and rain flooding | 14 |
| Fairfield Township | Aless damage than 92% | river and rain flooding | 36 |
| Wea Township | Aless damage than 90% | river and rain flooding | 10 |
| Sheffield Township | Aless damage than 88% | river and rain flooding | 2 |
| Shadeland | A−less damage than 83% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Union Township | A−less damage than 83% | river and rain flooding | — |
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 Wea 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.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- 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 Wea Township
Is Wea Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Wea Township has lower expected damage per building than 90% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk, #61 of 593 in Indiana. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%) and hail (9%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Wea Township flood?
Flood insurance has paid 10 claims in Wea Township since 1981, $182K in all, or 0.7 per 1,000 homes, fewer than 85% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
Is Wea 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 Tippecanoe County, 18% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Wea Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Wea Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Wea Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (76%), and Wea Township’s rate for it is lower than 73% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Wea Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Wea 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.