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Most disaster-prone counties in Indiana

Indiana has 1,576 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 92 counties. The dominant hazard type is severe storm. Jefferson County leads with 24 declarations, followed by Franklin County and Gibson County.

This ranking shows every county in Indiana ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

Indiana ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Jefferson County24Severe Storm19682026
2Franklin County22Severe Storm19682026
3Gibson County22Severe Storm19682026
4Lake County22Severe Storm19772026
5Perry County22Severe Storm19742026
6Switzerland County22Severe Storm19682026
7Benton County21Severe Storm19742026
8Crawford County21Severe Storm19742026
9Harrison County21Severe Storm19682026
10Lawrence County21Severe Storm19742026
11Madison County21Severe Storm19772026
12Montgomery County21Severe Storm19652026
13Clark County20Severe Storm19742026
14Clay County20Severe Storm19592026
15Dearborn County20Severe Storm19682026
16Grant County20Severe Storm19652026
17Pike County20Severe Storm19772026
18Vanderburgh County20Severe Storm19912026
19Warrick County20Severe Storm19792026
20Greene County19Severe Storm19792026
21Hamilton County19Severe Storm19652026
22Ohio County19Severe Storm19682026
23Owen County19Severe Storm19912026
24Posey County19Severe Storm19772026
25Putnam County19Severe Storm19902026
26Sullivan County19Severe Storm19772026
27Washington County19Severe Storm19742026
28Daviess County18Severe Storm19682026
29Henry County18Severe Storm19742026
30Jasper County18Severe Storm19912026
31Marion County18Severe Storm19912026
32Morgan County18Severe Storm19912026
33Newton County18Severe Storm19772026
34Orange County18Severe Storm19792026
35Parke County18Severe Storm19772026
36Randolph County18Winter Storm19742026
37Adams County17Severe Storm19652026
38Allen County17Severe Storm19782026
39Blackford County17Winter Storm19652026
40Boone County17Severe Storm19652026
41Brown County17Severe Storm19682026
42Delaware County17Severe Storm19742026
43Floyd County17Severe Storm19742026
44Fulton County17Severe Storm19742026
45Hancock County17Severe Storm19742026
46Jackson County17Severe Storm19742026
47Jennings County17Severe Storm19682026
48Knox County17Severe Storm19792026
49Kosciusko County17Severe Storm19742026
50LaPorte County17Severe Storm19652026
51Scott County17Severe Storm19742026
52Warren County17Severe Storm19742026
53White County17Severe Storm19742026
54Carroll County16Winter Storm19772026
55Dubois County16Severe Storm19792026
56Johnson County16Severe Storm19912026
57Marshall County16Flood19652026
58Martin County16Severe Storm19792026
59Monroe County16Severe Storm19772026
60Noble County16Severe Storm19742026
61Pulaski County16Severe Storm19742026
62Ripley County16Severe Storm19682026
63St. Joseph County16Severe Storm19652026
64Starke County16Winter Storm19652026
65Vermillion County16Severe Storm19792026
66Vigo County16Severe Storm19772026
67Cass County15Winter Storm19652026
68Clinton County15Severe Storm19652026
69DeKalb County15Severe Storm19822026
70Fayette County15Winter Storm19682026
71Howard County15Severe Storm19652026
72Huntington County15Severe Storm19742026
73Jay County15Severe Storm19772026
74Rush County15Severe Storm19742026
75Spencer County15Severe Storm19792026
76Tipton County15Severe Storm19772026
77Union County15Severe Storm19912026
78Wells County15Winter Storm19652026
79Whitley County15Severe Storm19772026
80Decatur County14Severe Storm19742026
81Miami County14Severe Storm19912026
82Porter County14Severe Storm19912026
83Shelby County14Severe Storm19742026
84Tippecanoe County14Severe Storm19742026
85Wayne County14Severe Storm19912026
86Elkhart County13Winter Storm19652026
87Hendricks County13Severe Storm19962026
88Wabash County13Severe Storm19992026
89Bartholomew County12Flood19742026
90LaGrange County12Winter Storm19652026
91Steuben County12Winter Storm19652026
92Fountain County11Severe Storm19912026