Photo: Photo by and ©2008 Dustin M. Ramsey (Kralizec!) · CC BY-SA 2.5FEMA expects about as much hazard damage per building in Antwerp as in the typical U.S. town, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Antwerp gets a C+ for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%), then tornadoes (13%). 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 Antwerp 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 Antwerp’s grade
River and rain flooding is 76% of the building damage FEMA expects in Antwerp, and Antwerp’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 67% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 13%, at a rate in the top 10% of U.S. census tracts.
C+ higher expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Antwerp’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $685K a year in losses across Antwerp: $563K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Antwerp flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Antwerp. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Antwerp isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Paulding County.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Antwerp
Disasters that paid out in Antwerp itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Antwerp), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2012Severe Storms and Straight-line Winds$4K to the Village of Antwerp for repairs
- 2004Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides$6K to the Village of Antwerp for repairs
Paulding County has had 9 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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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.
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Questions about natural hazards in Antwerp
Is Antwerp at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Antwerp has higher expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns: C+ for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (76%) and tornadoes (13%). 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 Antwerp 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 Paulding County, 0.6% of all homes carry federal flood insurance.
How much is flood insurance in Antwerp?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Antwerp’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 Antwerp?
By FEMA money that reached Antwerp, Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides (2004): $6K to the Village of Antwerp for repairs.
Is Antwerp at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (76%), and Antwerp’s rate for it is higher than 67% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Antwerp.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Antwerp’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.