Hazard Plain Automated baseline

Johnson County, IN

Risk-assessment baseline packet

County FIPS:
18081
Release:
2026-10
Data as of:
2026-09-30
Storm Events data through:
2026-06-30

Hazard Plain is an independent product built from public federal data. It is not a FEMA document and is not reviewed or endorsed by FEMA or any state agency.

Hazard Plain release 2026-10, as of 2026-09-30.

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Expired on 2026-06-21. Plan: Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374), approved 2021-06-22.

Since the plan was approved on 2021-06-22: 2 new hazard declarations (2 incidents) and 53 NOAA Storm Events records; details under "What changed since your last plan".

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Inland Flooding ($29,768,595 a year), Tornado ($10,833,043) and Strong Wind ($3,588,157).

The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.

Plan clock

Status:
Expired on 2026-06-21
Plan:
Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)
Approved:
2021-06-22
Days since expiry:
101
Update underway:
none recorded in FEMA's plan tracker

Until a new plan is approved, FEMA mitigation project grants (HMGP, FMA) need a FEMA exception (44 CFR 201.6(a)(3)).

What changed since your last plan (approved 2021-06-22)

New federal declarations:
2 new hazard declarations (2 incidents): DR-4704-IN (Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes), EM-3641-IN (Severe Winter Storm)
Storm Events records since approval:
53 records (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now:
FMA RL 1, SRL 3 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 38
Repeat-flood change:
this release sets the baseline count.

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryNotes
Johnson CountyCountyExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Bargersville townTownExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Edinburgh townTownApproved, expires 2029-04-18Shelby County 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 109379)2024-04-192029-04-18931this jurisdiction approved 2024-06-04
Franklin cityCityExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Greenwood cityCityExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
New Whiteland townTownExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Prince's Lakes townTownExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Trafalgar townTownExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Whiteland townTownExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101
Center Grove Community School CorporationSchool/School DistrictExpired on 2026-06-21Johnson County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 107374)2021-06-222026-06-21-101

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification

Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)

  • dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
  • levee failure
  • flash flood as its own subtype
  • ice jams
  • debris flows
  • erosion (riverine and coastal)
  • land subsidence and sinkholes
  • expansive soils

The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)

Sources: 5, 6

Rank by EALHazardNRI risk ratingEAL ratingEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL total (see note)modeled dollars per yearStorm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30countStorm Events coverage note
1Inland FloodingRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$29,314,659$188,887$265,049$29,768,59560
2TornadoRelatively ModerateRelatively High$8,117,446$1,383$2,714,214$10,833,04313
3Strong WindRelatively HighRelatively High$244,325$146$3,343,686$3,588,157168Includes 8 High Wind records (a NOAA non-thunderstorm wind type, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
4EarthquakeRelatively LowRelatively Moderate$2,605,389n/a$476,630$3,082,019Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
5Cold WaveRelatively LowRelatively Moderate$2,438$84,130$1,918,148$2,004,7164
6HailRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$1,550,048$15,567$56,254$1,621,869117
7Heat WaveRelatively LowRelatively Low$12,145$1$1,188,975$1,201,1213
8LightningRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$131,689n/a$387,270$518,96028
9Winter WeatherRelatively HighRelatively High$18,186$289$441,726$460,20134
10DroughtRelatively LowRelatively Lown/a$239,553n/a$239,5539
11Ice StormRelatively LowRelatively Moderate$10,416n/a$185,266$195,6822
12WildfireVery LowVery Low$10,007$6$1,773$11,7860No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
13LandslideRelatively LowVery Low$273n/a$5,036$5,3090No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
14HurricaneVery LowVery Low$2,446$1,349$5$3,8000No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).

Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).

NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.

Local data needed: state and local wildfire and landslide records (Storm Events records these hazards only in part).

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location

Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.

Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts

Source: 5

HazardHighest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Earthquaketract 6103 (Relatively Moderate, 83.0); tract 6108.02 (Relatively Moderate, 81.4); tract 6109 (Relatively Moderate, 80.5)
Hurricanetract 6108.01 (Very Low, 27.5); tract 6114 (Very Low, 26.5); tract 6101.01 (Very Low, 24.7)
Landslidetract 6114 (Relatively Moderate, 95.9); tract 6108.01 (Relatively Low, 89.1); tract 6112 (Very Low, 77.9)
Tornadotract 6108.02 (Very High, 96.4); tract 6106.03 (Very High, 94.6); tract 6101.02 (Very High, 94.5)
Wildfiretract 6114 (Relatively Low, 79.9); tract 6108.01 (Very Low, 62.4); tract 6107.04 (Very Low, 60.8)

Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 6103 is Census Tract 6103). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent

Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard

Sources: 6, 7

HazardScaleRecordscount and yearsObserved rangeWorst recorded eventMost damaging (when different)How it applies to jurisdictionsNote
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chillwind chill4 records, 1996 to 2026 (4 zone-level)1 day to 4 days (median 2.5 days); 4 with a recorded value4 consecutive days, 1996-02-02 to 1996-02-05, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)crop damage0
DroughtU.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)9 records, 2010 to 2012 (9 zone-level)22 days to 120 days (median 61 days); 3 with a recorded value120 days (about 3.9 months), 2012-06-12 to 2012-10-09, a run of 5 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only.
EarthquakeModified Mercalli (local data)0Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hailhail size (inches)126 records, 1973 to 20260.75 in to 2.75 in (median 1 in); 126 with a recorded value2.75 in hail, 2011-05-25; same size also recorded on 1997-08-24Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Greenwood city (39 records), Franklin city (20 records), New Whiteland town (11 records), Trafalgar town (6 records), Whiteland town (3 records), Bargersville town (2 records), Prince's Lakes town (2 records).
Excessive Heat, Heatheat index (in event narratives)3 records, 1997 to 2023 (3 zone-level)1 day to 3 days (median 2 days); 3 with a recorded value3 consecutive days, 2023-08-23 to 2023-08-25, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical DepressionSaffir-Simpson0Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's type; flooding from the storm is filed as Flood or Flash Flood records.
Ice StormSperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)2 records, 2011 to 2018 (2 zone-level)No damage reported in 2 records.Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flooddamage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)60 records, 1996 to 2026 (21 zone-level)Flash Flood, 2008-06-07, $90,000,000 property; $90,000,000 crops (2008 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Franklin city (12 records), New Whiteland town (4 records), Greenwood city (2 records), Bargersville town (1 record), Prince's Lakes town (1 record), Trafalgar town (1 record). Zone-level records (21) apply countywide.Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most.
Debris Flownone (count and damage only)0
Lightningannualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)28 records, 1996 to 2026Lightning, 2000-05-18, $500,000 property; crops not reported (2000 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Greenwood city (8 records), Franklin city (6 records), Bargersville town (4 records), New Whiteland town (2 records), Whiteland town (2 records), Trafalgar town (1 record).Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition)wind speed (kt and mph)8 records, 1996 to 2024 (8 zone-level)49 kt (56 mph) to 55 kt (63 mph) (median 50 kt (58 mph)); 7 with a recorded value55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust, High Wind, 2008-09-14; NWS zone INZ055High Wind, 2021-03-26, $50,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2021 dollars)Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Windwind speed (kt and mph)208 records, 1957 to 202643 kt (49 mph) to 78 kt (90 mph) (median 52 kt (60 mph)); 147 with a recorded value78 kt (90 mph) estimated gust, Thunderstorm Wind, 2022-05-21Thunderstorm Wind, 2000-04-20, $500,000 property; crops not reported (2000 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Franklin city (35 records), Greenwood city (31 records), Bargersville town (9 records), Trafalgar town (8 records), New Whiteland town (7 records), Prince's Lakes town (6 records), Whiteland town (6 records), Edinburgh town (1 record).
TornadoEnhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)24 records, 1954 to 2026F/EF0 to F/EF3 (median F/EF1); 24 with a recorded valueF3 tornado, 1992-07-30, 7 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 200 yd wide, $2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1992 dollars), 25 direct injuriesTornado, 2002-09-20, $25,000,000 property; $10,000 crops (2002 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Prince's Lakes town (3 records), Greenwood city (2 records), New Whiteland town (2 records).Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods).
Wildfireacres burned (local data)0
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleetnone in data (snowfall: local data)34 records, 1996 to 2026 (34 zone-level)Heavy Snow, 2004-12-22, $50,000 property; crops not reported (2004 dollars); NWS zone INZ055Countywide (zone-level records).

In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of debris flow and lightning.

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).

Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 16 declarations covering 13 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazardCounty Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollarsFlagsNotes
2026-01-242026-01-23EM-3641-INEmergencySevere Winter StormWinter Weatherno Public Assistance recordednew since last plan; within last 5 years
2023-04-152023-03-31DR-4704-INMajor disasterSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and TornadoesInland Flooding; Strong Wind; Tornado$1,897,073.64new since last plan; within last 5 years
2020-04-032020-01-20DR-4515-INMajor disasterCOVID-19 PandemicNon-natural, not counted$2,854,151.25
2020-03-132020-01-20EM-3456-INEmergencyCOVID-19Non-natural, not countedno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-4515
2014-04-222014-01-05DR-4173-INMajor disasterSevere Winter Storm and SnowstormWinter Weather$242,192.40
2008-06-082008-05-30DR-1766-INMajor disasterSevere Storms, Flooding, and TornadoesInland Flooding; Tornado$9,010,186.46
2005-09-102005-08-29EM-3238-INEmergencyHurricane Katrina EvacuationHurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not countedno Public Assistance recorded
2005-01-212005-01-01DR-1573-INMajor disasterSevere Winter Storms and FloodingInland Flooding; Winter Weather$123,055.64FEMA's declaration record does not list Public Assistance, but FEMA's PA project summaries show obligations for this county
2005-01-112004-12-21EM-3197-INEmergencySnowWinter Weather$168,647.44
2004-06-032004-05-25DR-1520-INMajor disasterSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and FloodingInland Flooding; TornadoPA not declared for this county
2003-09-052003-08-26DR-1487-INMajor disasterSevere Storms, Tornadoes, and FloodingInland Flooding; TornadoPA not declared for this county
2002-09-252002-09-20DR-1433-INMajor disasterSevere Storms and TornadoesTornado$134,978.97
2002-06-132002-04-28DR-1418-INMajor disasterSevere Storms, Tornadoes and FloodingInland Flooding; Tornado$292,933.07
1999-01-151999-01-01EM-3135-INEmergencyIn-Winter Storm 12/23/98Winter Weather$95,262.07
1996-04-021996-01-06DR-1109-INMajor disasterBlizzard of 96Inland Floodingno Public Assistance recorded
1991-01-051990-12-28DR-891-INMajor disasterSevere Storms & FloodingInland FloodingPA not declared for this county

School districts and special districts in this county: $747,988.74 (included in the county total above). Public Assistance matched by applicant name to the school districts and special districts FEMA lists as plan participants in this county. They have no row of their own in the jurisdiction table, so their total is listed here. These dollars are already included in the county PA column of the declarations table (the FEMA record places each applicant in this county), so this line is not added to it.

County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.

Statewide declarations

Source: 2

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazard
1964-03-171964-03-17DR-162-INMajor disasterSevere Storms & FloodingInland Flooding
1961-05-201961-05-20DR-113-INMajor disasterFloodsInland Flooding
1954-10-261954-10-26DR-30-INMajor disasterFloodInland Flooding

FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

Sources: 2, 6, 7

HazardStorm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)Since plan approvalrecordsIn the 12 months before plan approvalrecordsLast 5 yearsrecordsDeclared incidents, all yearsseparate disastersDeclared since approvalseparate disastersPeriodStatement
Cold Wave4303001996 to 2026-06-30
Drought9000001996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake000000Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail126808001955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave3202001996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Ice Storm2000001996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding60202811996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Lightning28111001996 to 2026-06-30
Strong Wind21625323111955 to 2026-06-30Includes 8 High Wind records.
Tornado24505611950 to 2026-06-30
Wildfire0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Winter Weather34717511996 to 2026-06-30

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

DateEvent typeMagnitude or extentDamagenominal dollarsDeaths, injuriesdirect onlyLocationFlagsWhy listed
2023-08-23Excessive Heat$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2023 dollars)0, 0NWS zone INZ055 (JOHNSON), zone-levelnew since last plan; within last 5 yearsB1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
2022-05-21Thunderstorm Wind78 kt (90 mph) estimated gust$50,000 property; $0 crops (2022 dollars)0, 0EDINBURGnew since last plan; within last 5 yearsB1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind
2012-06-12Droughtdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone INZ055 (JOHNSON), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Drought
2011-05-25Hail2.75 indamage not reported0, 0NEW WHITELANDB1-c worst recorded: Hail
2008-09-14High Wind55 kt (63 mph) estimated gustdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone INZ055 (JOHNSON), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
2008-06-26Thunderstorm Wind52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust$10,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars)3, 2GREENWOODdeaths or injuries recorded
2008-06-07Flash Flood$90,000,000 property; $90,000,000 crops (2008 dollars)0, 0PRINCES LAKES to EDINBURGB1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
2004-12-22Heavy Snow$50,000 property; crops not reported (zone total, 2004 dollars)0, 0NWS zone INZ055 (JOHNSON), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleet
2000-05-18Lightning$500,000 property; crops not reported (2000 dollars)0, 0NEW WHITELANDB1-c worst recorded: Lightning
1996-02-02Cold/Wind Chilldamage not reported0, 0NWS zone INZ055 (JOHNSON), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
1992-07-30TornadoF3, 7 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 200 yd wide$2,500,000 property; crops not recorded (1992 dollars)0, 25location not recordeddeaths or injuries recorded
1954-10-11TornadoF3, 4.7 mi path length (whole path, pre-1996), 100 yd wide$250,000 property; crops not recorded (1954 dollars)2, 0location not recordeddeaths or injuries recorded

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (506 rows).

Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.

Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).

Tribal and special-area declarations in this state are listed on the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

Sources: 5, 6

HazardFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per rowUnitIn plain termsDescriptorDescriptor basisNRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)NRI periodLocationNote
Cold Wave2.68event-days per yearabout 2.68 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)512005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Drought2.67event-days per yearabout 2.67 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)772000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)countywide
Earthquake0.00227annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.227%not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail4.16events per yearabout 4.16 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)158.0 (modeled)1986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Heat Wave4.58event-days per yearabout 4.58 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 3 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (10%)652005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Hurricane0.00575events per yearabout 1 in 174 yearsUnlikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)21851 to 2024 (Atlantic)see B1-fNRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d.
Ice Storm0.671event-days per yearabout 0.671 days per yearPossibleStorm Events event-days in 2 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (6.67%)461946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)countywide
Inland Flooding1.61event-days per yearabout 1.61 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 19 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (63.3%)451996 to 2023 (28 years)see B1-f
Landslide0.0922events per year (modeled)about 1 in 11 yearsPossibleFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Lightning49.6days per year with a strikeabout 49.6 days per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)countywide
Strong Wind4.47events per yearabout 4.47 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)1701986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Tornado0.243events per yearabout 1 in 4 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)see B1-f
Wildfire0.000137annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.0137%Storm Events records in 0 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (0%)not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo descriptor: no Storm Events record 1996 to 2025
Winter Weather9.05event-days per yearabout 9.05 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 20 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (66.7%)1722005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.

Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

Sources: 5, 6

UnitDescriptorDefinition
events per yearHighly likely1 or more per year
events per yearLikelyabout once in 1 to 10 years
events per yearPossibleabout once in 10 to 100 years
events per yearUnlikelyless than once in 100 years
annual probabilityLikely10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probabilityPossible1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probabilityUnlikelyunder 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)Highly likelyevent-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)Likelyevent-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)Possibleevent-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-daysHighly likelycloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

HazardBandYearsEventscounty-coded recordsYears in periodEvents per yearevents / years
Hail1.00-1.99 in1996 to 202570302.33
Hail2.00 in+1996 to 20258300.267
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)50-64 kt1996 to 2025126304.2
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)65 kt+1996 to 20257300.233
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)unmeasured or below 50 kt1996 to 202520300.667
TornadoEF0-11996 to 20257300.233
TornadoEF2-31996 to 20255300.167
TornadoEF4-51996 to 20250300
Tornadounrated (EFU)1996 to 20250300

The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).

Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.

Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk within the county

Source: 5

HazardTractsrated of allNRI risk score, 0 to 100Tracts by rating
MinMedianMax
Cold Wave28 of 2832.051.567.5Relatively Moderate 22, Relatively Low 6
Drought22 of 2867.279.793.6Relatively Moderate 3, Relatively Low 8, Very Low 11, No Rating 6
Earthquake28 of 2848.668.283.0Relatively Moderate 5, Relatively Low 23
Hail28 of 2866.181.389.7Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 24, Relatively Low 3
Heat Wave28 of 2816.944.265.1Relatively Moderate 6, Relatively Low 22
Hurricane28 of 2815.418.827.5Very Low 28
Ice Storm28 of 2826.952.468.8Relatively Low 26, Very Low 2
Inland Flooding28 of 2817.168.690.8Relatively High 9, Relatively Moderate 10, Relatively Low 9
Landslide28 of 2827.850.695.9Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 1, Very Low 26
Lightning28 of 2829.357.075.3Relatively Moderate 24, Relatively Low 4
Strong Wind28 of 2873.090.596.5Relatively High 25, Relatively Moderate 3
Tornado28 of 2860.084.496.4Very High 5, Relatively High 18, Relatively Moderate 5
Wildfire26 of 2819.134.079.9Relatively Low 1, Very Low 25, No Rating 2
Winter Weather28 of 2864.485.794.1Relatively High 25, Relatively Moderate 3

Drought: Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is.

Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.

The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.

Frequency data for cold wave, drought, hail, heat wave, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are (crop and livestock value where a line above names agriculture).

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

JurisdictionTypePlan statusRepetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definitionPublic Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollarsEvent records naming this placeall years; since its planNotes
Johnson CountyCountyExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 1, SRL 2; any 21$4,086,191.460 total; 0 since its planIncludes $3,336.61 for declarations not counted as hazard incidents (DR-4515-IN).
Bargersville townTownExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$955,239.9616 total; 1 since its plan
Edinburgh townTownApproved, expires 2029-04-18FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 5$551,957.131 total; 0 since its planWhole community, including the part in Bartholomew County; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 0, FMA SRL 0, NFIP RL 4, NFIP SRL 0, any category 4.
Franklin cityCityExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 1; any 9$2,332,118.2973 total; 7 since its plan
Greenwood cityCityExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 4$352,924.8482 total; 3 since its plan
New Whiteland townTownExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$43,645.4526 total; 5 since its plan
Prince's Lakes townTownExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0no Public Assistance recorded12 total; 2 since its plan
Trafalgar townTownExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$30,373.2516 total; 2 since its plan
Whiteland townTownExpired on 2026-06-21FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$414,477.4011 total; 0 since its plan

Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).

School districts and special districts get a plan clock row only.

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts

Local data needed

The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

  • Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
  • A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
  • Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
  • Future assets

County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

HazardBuilding exposuremodeled dollarsAgriculture exposuremodeled dollarsPopulation exposedpeopleEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where notedStorm Events damage since 2021-06-22county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollarsZone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zonePublic Assistance since plannominal dollars; see noteNote
Cold Wave$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$2,438$84,130$1,918,148under 0.0001%
Droughtn/a$72,489,888n/an/a$239,553n/a0.33% (agriculture)NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown
Earthquake$58,160,436,530n/a161,765$2,605,389n/a$476,6300.00448%
Hail$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$1,550,048$15,567$56,2540.00452%$0
Heat Wave$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$12,145$1$1,188,975under 0.0001%$0
Hurricane$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$2,446$1,349$5under 0.0001%
Ice Storm$34,290,354,826n/a161,624$10,416n/a$185,266under 0.0001%
Inland Flooding$34,269,577,301$10,570,1416,074$29,314,659$188,887$265,049n/a (see note)$50,000$1,897,073.64NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b.
Landslide$187,811,191n/a815$273n/a$5,0360.000145%
Lightning$34,295,309,702n/a161,668$131,689n/a$387,2700.000384%$150,000
Strong Wind$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$244,325$146$3,343,6860.000712%$427,400$10,000$1,897,073.64Storm Events damage since the plan includes 1 zone-level High Wind record ($10,000): a NOAA non-thunderstorm wind type, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition.
Tornado$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$8,117,446$1,383$2,714,2140.0237%$8,760,000$1,897,073.64
Wildfire$1,171,732,760$6,093,4449,679$10,007$6$1,7730.000854%
Winter Weather$34,295,309,702$96,947,603161,668$18,186$289$441,726under 0.0001%no Public Assistance recorded (1 declaration)

Totals since 2021-06-22 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 40 county-coded records, 34 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $9,387,400; 13 zone-level records, 3 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $10,000 reported for the zone; Public Assistance: $1,897,073.64 on 2 counted declarations, 1 of them with Public Assistance.

FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.

NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)

County context

Source: 5

MeasureValue
Population161,668
Building value (total, not at risk)$34,295,309,702
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)$96,947,603
NRI risk rating (all hazards)Relatively Low
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards$42,550,779
Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage)$10,984,033
Social vulnerability ratingVery Low
Community resilience ratingVery High
NRI versionDecember 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.

Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

Sources: 1, 4

DefinitionPropertiesSevere repetitive lossProperties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)1Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)3
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition37Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition2

The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).

Repeat-flood properties: county and state-level rows

Sources: 1, 4

ScopeRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
County total1337238118
of which: Johnson County (unincorporated area)1221221013
of which: Edinburgh town0040401
of which: Franklin city0180912
of which: Greenwood city0040402
Statewide, no county in FEMA's file0060600

The statewide row counts properties FEMA's file gives with no county in this state; they are listed for reference and are not in this county's counts.

Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)

Sources: 1, 4

JurisdictionNFIP community IDRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredpropertiesNote
Johnson County1801111221221013
Bargersville town1801120000000
Edinburgh town1801130050501Whole community, including the part in Bartholomew County; in-county portion (county table): FMA RL 0, FMA SRL 0, NFIP RL 4, NFIP SRL 0, any category 4.
Franklin city1801140180912
Greenwood city1801150040402
New Whiteland town1801160000000
Prince's Lakes town1801170000000
Trafalgar town1852330000000
Whiteland town1801180000000

Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".

Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Sources: 1, 4

Occupancy groupRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
single-family residential1333234117
2 to 4 unit residential0000000
other residential0000000
non-residential0040401
not reported0000000

FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.

FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.

Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.

In this county 0 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 36 properties are NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

  1. FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
  2. FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
  3. FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
  4. FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
  5. FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
  6. NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
  7. NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
  8. U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)

What this packet is and what the plan adds

This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.

The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.

How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.

OpenFEMA disclaimer

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Johnson County, IN: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 18081). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/in/18081/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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