County Hazards

Storm events on record through

Indiana in 1965 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 105 storm events on record for Indiana in 1965.

FEMA has 1 disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1965.

The NFIP claims file starts in 1978.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.

The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .

This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through . OpenFEMA disaster declarations through . NFIP claims through .

Storm events of 1965 by hazard

Storm events on record for Indiana in 1965, by hazard (NCEI)
HazardStorm events in 1965
Hail20
Tornado59
Wind26
All storm events105

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1965

Counties of Indiana with a storm event on record in 1965, in name order
CountyStorm events in 1965
Adams County2
Allen County7
Blackford County1
Boone County4
Carroll County1
Clinton County2
Dearborn County1
Decatur County1
DeKalb County1
Delaware County2
Elkhart County9
Franklin County1
Grant County4
Hamilton County5
Hancock County2
Hendricks County1
Henry County2
Howard County2
Jefferson County1
Jennings County3
Kosciusko County2
LaGrange County2
Lake County1
LaPorte County2
Marion County10
Marshall County1
Montgomery County3
Morgan County2
Porter County3
Putnam County1
Shelby County1
St. Joseph County5
Starke County2
Steuben County2
Tippecanoe County4
Tipton County2
Vanderburgh County1
Vigo County1
Wells County1
White County1
Whitley County2

Events of 1965 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1965 in Indiana with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
MontgomeryTornadoF1$25 thousand02County
FranklinTornadoF1$25 thousand01County
HenryTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
ElkhartTornadoF4none31252County
ElkhartTornadoF4none31252County
HowardTornadoF4$250 million17560County
BooneTornadoF4$25 million2080County
GrantTornadoF4$250 million8275County
HamiltonTornadoF4$25 million630County
LaGrangeTornadoF4none542County
LaGrangeTornadoF4$2.5 million541County
StarkeTornadoF3$25 million427County
MarshallTornadoF3$25 million328County
St. JosephTornadoF3$25 million327County
MontgomeryTornadoF4$25 million213County
WellsTornadoF4$25 million138County
AdamsTornadoF4$25 million137County
ClintonTornadoF4none034County
St. JosephTornadoF4none027County
BlackfordTornadoF4$25 million022County
TippecanoeTornadoF4none010County
PorterTornadoF3$25 million00County
LaPorteTornadoF3$25 million00County
ElkhartTornadoF3$250 thousand00County
ElkhartTornadoF4$250 thousand00County
ClintonTornadoF4$25 thousand00County
GrantTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
MorganTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
AdamsTornadoF0$25 thousand00County
BooneTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
StarkeTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
TippecanoeTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
LakeTornadoF3$250 thousand014County
HamiltonTornadoF3$250 thousand05County
HancockTornadoF3$250 thousand03County
BooneTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
BooneTornadoF3$250 thousand00County
St. JosephTornadoF3$250 thousand00County
DelawareTornadoF3$250 thousand00County
DecaturTornadoF3$250 thousand00County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1965

Disaster declarations for Indiana with a date in 1965, with the count of counties that each names
DeclaredNumberTypeIncident typeTitle in the FEMA recordCounties
DR-189Major disasterTornadoTORNADOES & SEVERE STORMS17

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Indiana