Less hazard damage per building is expected in Evansville than in 70% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Evansville gets a B+ for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns, #9 of 28 in Wyoming. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (77%). 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 Evansville 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
Earthquakes
Wildfire
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 Evansville’s grade
River and rain flooding is 77% of the building damage FEMA expects in Evansville, and Evansville’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 54% of U.S. census tracts. Wildfire adds 10%, at a rate in the top 6% of U.S. census tracts.
B+ #9 of 28 in Wyoming; lower expected damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Evansville’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Wyoming town has lower expected damage than 55% of U.S. towns; within the state, Evansville has less expected damage per building than 70% of Wyoming towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $927K a year in losses across Evansville: $657K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Evansville flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Evansville. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Evansville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Natrona County.The storms Evansville remembers
None of the 2 disasters declared for Natrona County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Evansville itself in FEMA’s records, so these are its biggest flood-claim years.
Natrona County has had 2 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often floods.
Also 4 FEMA wildfire suppression grants (Fire Management Assistance, not a disaster declaration) for fires in Natrona County, 2000–2015.
Evansville and its neighbors
Evansville has the lowest expected damage per building of the 2 graded towns here. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evansville | B+less damage than 70% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
| Casper | B−more damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | 20 |
| Brookhurst | — | 99 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
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 Evansville 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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap tall furniture and the water heater to the wall.
- Know how to shut off the gas.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- 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 Evansville
Is Evansville at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Evansville has lower expected damage per building than 70% of U.S. towns: B+ for hazard risk, #9 of 28 in Wyoming. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (77%) and earthquakes (10%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Evansville 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 Natrona County, 19% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Evansville?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Evansville’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
Is Evansville at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (77%), and Evansville’s rate for it is lower than 54% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Evansville.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Evansville’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.