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Safest Counties From Natural Disasters in Indiana (2026)

St. Joseph has the lowest natural disaster risk of any county in Indiana, at 30.4, followed by Benton and Jay. Source: FEMA National Risk Index, FEMA NRI v1.20. The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Indiana

Top 25 of 92 counties with data.

Ranked by natural disaster risk (FEMA National Risk Index, FEMA NRI v1.20), lowest first.

Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Indiana
RankCountyValue
1St. Joseph30.4
2Benton40.0
3Jay40.2
4LaPorte41.7
5Randolph41.8
6Porter42.0
7Lake42.5
8Marion42.6
9Starke42.8
10Delaware43.4
11Allen44.5
12Newton45.9
13Pulaski46.6
14White47.0
15Wayne47.5
16Jasper47.5
17Tippecanoe47.8
18Marshall48.1
19Elkhart48.3
20Madison49.8
21Henry51.4
22Dearborn52.1
23Monroe52.6
24Howard53.1
25Union53.6

How this ranking works

This page ranks Indiana counties by natural disaster risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For natural disaster risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh natural disaster risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of natural disaster risk.

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