Less hazard damage per building is expected in Muddy Creek Township than in 91% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Muddy Creek Township gets an A for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 91% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (92%). 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 Muddy Creek 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
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 Muddy Creek Township’s grade
River and rain flooding is 92% of the building damage FEMA expects in Muddy Creek Township, and Muddy Creek Township’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 64% of U.S. census tracts.
A lower expected damage per building than 91% of U.S. towns (21,298).
All of Muddy Creek Township’s residents live in one census tract; the figures are that tract’s.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $435K a year in losses across Muddy Creek Township: $392K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Muddy Creek Township flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Muddy Creek Township. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Muddy Creek 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: Butler County.The storms Muddy Creek Township remembers
None of the 8 disasters declared for Butler County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Muddy Creek Township itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Butler County has had 8 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods, then hurricanes and tropical storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
Muddy Creek Township and its neighbors
Muddy Creek Township has the lowest expected damage per building of the 3 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Muddy Creek Township | Aless damage than 91% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Lancaster Township | Bless damage than 63% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Worth Township | Cmore damage than 66% | river and rain flooding | 28 |
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 Muddy Creek 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.
- 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 Muddy Creek Township
Is Muddy Creek Township at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Muddy Creek Township has lower expected damage per building than 91% of U.S. towns: A for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (92%). 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 Muddy Creek 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 Butler County, 20% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Muddy Creek Township?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Muddy Creek Township’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Muddy Creek Township at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (92%), and Muddy Creek Township’s rate for it is lower than 64% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Muddy Creek Township.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Muddy Creek 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.