Winter Weather Risk in Indiana

All Indiana counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index winter weather score

Winter Weather risk — heavy snow, blizzards, and hazardous winter conditions — is rated for 92 of 92 Indiana counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Vanderburgh County carries the state's highest winter weather score at 95.8, with $740K in expected annual winter weather losses.

10 Indiana counties are rated High or Very High for winter weather, and expected annual losses from winter weather total roughly $12M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Winter Weather

#CountyWinter Weather ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Vanderburgh County
95.8
High 8.16 / yr $740K
2 Tippecanoe County
95.3
High 9.53 / yr $754K
3 Lake County
94.3
High 14.06 / yr $576K
4 Marion County
93.7
High 10.05 / yr $570K
5 Vigo County
92.7
High 8.47 / yr $466K
6 Hamilton County
91.2
High 10.26 / yr $740K
7 Allen County
89.6
High 10.68 / yr $407K
8 Hendricks County
89.5
High 10.05 / yr $645K
9 Monroe County
89.3
High 8.26 / yr $413K
10 Johnson County
85.5
High 9.05 / yr $460K
11 St. Joseph County
83.3
Medium 18.70 / yr $254K
12 Floyd County
82.5
Medium 10.00 / yr $257K
13 Morgan County
80.2
Medium 9.11 / yr $240K
14 Elkhart County
80.1
Medium 16.68 / yr $202K
15 LaPorte County
77.3
Medium 17.88 / yr $172K
16 Warrick County
77.1
Medium 8.53 / yr $215K
17 Madison County
76.9
Medium 10.16 / yr $168K
18 Howard County
76.9
Medium 9.89 / yr $180K
19 Daviess County
76.2
Medium 7.21 / yr $129K
20 Montgomery County
75.9
Medium 9.89 / yr $179K
21 Delaware County
74.6
Medium 10.21 / yr $152K
22 Putnam County
74.0
Medium 9.79 / yr $167K
23 Dubois County
73.7
Medium 8.89 / yr $170K
24 Boone County
73.3
Medium 10.37 / yr $287K
25 Porter County
73.2
Medium 15.58 / yr $198K
26 Knox County
72.2
Medium 7.26 / yr $147K
27 Bartholomew County
70.3
Medium 8.58 / yr $150K
28 Lawrence County
69.4
Medium 7.53 / yr $136K
29 Grant County
67.3
Medium 9.74 / yr $97K
30 Washington County
62.8
Medium 9.68 / yr $100K
31 Harrison County
62.3
Medium 9.63 / yr $106K
32 Clay County
62.2
Medium 8.68 / yr $115K
33 Posey County
62.1
Medium 8.05 / yr $109K
34 Greene County
62.0
Medium 7.58 / yr $98K
35 Cass County
61.8
Medium 9.21 / yr $79K
36 Clinton County
60.6
Low 9.84 / yr $103K
37 Parke County
60.5
Low 9.26 / yr $79K
38 Gibson County
59.8
Low 8.00 / yr $104K
39 Orange County
59.6
Low 9.16 / yr $81K
40 Hancock County
59.4
Low 10.21 / yr $144K
41 Kosciusko County
58.0
Low 13.05 / yr $83K
42 Owen County
56.8
Low 8.32 / yr $77K
43 Clark County
55.5
Low 10.32 / yr $94K
44 Vermillion County
55.3
Low 9.47 / yr $72K
45 Miami County
55.1
Low 9.53 / yr $69K
46 Wayne County
54.8
Low 11.58 / yr $57K
47 Fountain County
53.8
Low 9.58 / yr $79K
48 Sullivan County
52.8
Low 7.58 / yr $75K
49 Henry County
50.9
Low 10.05 / yr $68K
50 Shelby County
50.9
Low 9.16 / yr $78K
51 Crawford County
48.2
Low 9.47 / yr $41K
52 Pike County
47.2
Low 7.95 / yr $50K
53 LaGrange County
46.2
Low 13.11 / yr $31K
54 Noble County
42.4
Low 11.89 / yr $46K
55 Jackson County
42.0
Low 7.84 / yr $60K
56 Perry County
41.2
Low 8.89 / yr $49K
57 Marshall County
40.9
Low 13.74 / yr $54K
58 Brown County
38.9
Low 8.47 / yr $41K
59 Spencer County
38.2
Low 8.53 / yr $44K
60 Wabash County
37.7
Low 9.89 / yr $40K
61 White County
37.2
Low 9.26 / yr $42K
62 Carroll County
35.1
Low 9.53 / yr $47K
63 Martin County
34.9
Low 7.37 / yr $36K
64 Huntington County
34.0
Low 9.47 / yr $41K
65 Starke County
33.7
Low 13.16 / yr $35K
66 DeKalb County
31.9
Low 11.16 / yr $34K
67 Dearborn County
31.1
Low 10.63 / yr $41K
68 Adams County
30.7
Low 10.11 / yr $21K
69 Warren County
29.7
Low 9.37 / yr $37K
70 Whitley County
29.5
Low 11.32 / yr $33K
71 Ripley County
28.2
Low 10.58 / yr $26K
72 Jefferson County
27.3
Low 10.53 / yr $27K
73 Fulton County
26.0
Low 10.21 / yr $24K
74 Steuben County
24.9
Low 12.11 / yr $26K
75 Tipton County
24.5
Very Low 9.74 / yr $35K
76 Fayette County
22.8
Very Low 10.95 / yr $19K
77 Rush County
22.7
Very Low 9.05 / yr $22K
78 Benton County
21.8
Very Low 9.26 / yr $21K
79 Franklin County
21.5
Very Low 11.21 / yr $22K
80 Jennings County
21.0
Very Low 8.32 / yr $18K
81 Randolph County
21.0
Very Low 10.47 / yr $17K
82 Blackford County
19.6
Very Low 9.95 / yr $16K
83 Pulaski County
19.1
Very Low 10.11 / yr $17K
84 Scott County
17.4
Very Low 10.11 / yr $17K
85 Jay County
17.3
Very Low 10.05 / yr $14K
86 Decatur County
14.1
Very Low 8.63 / yr $18K
87 Wells County
12.0
Very Low 10.16 / yr $12K
88 Switzerland County
9.8
Very Low 10.37 / yr $8K
89 Union County
6.1
Very Low 10.89 / yr $6K
90 Ohio County
5.8
Very Low 10.53 / yr $5K
91 Jasper County
5.1
Very Low 10.63 / yr $4K
92 Newton County
3.6
Very Low 10.05 / yr $3K

92 Indiana counties with measurable winter weather risk. See the national winter weather ranking or all Indiana counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Indiana county has the highest winter weather risk?

Vanderburgh County has the highest FEMA winter weather risk score in Indiana at 95.8 (High), with $740K in expected annual losses and about 8.16 events per year.

How many Indiana counties face significant winter weather risk?

92 Indiana counties record measurable winter weather risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 10 of them are rated High or Very High.

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