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August 2026 Storms · Indiana

A Trailer on Your Lot in North Central Indiana After the August Storms

If your home in Logansport, Delphi, Winamac, Tipton, and rural Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties is not livable after the August storms, you may be able to stay on your own property while it is repaired. We deliver a furnished travel trailer to your driveway or yard, set it up, have it connected, and service it for the whole stay. When a carrier approves the trailer, we can bill the carrier directly.

Local rules. Delphi and unincorporated Pulaski County have a written path for living in an RV on your own lot while the house is repaired; Logansport, Tipton, and the Cass, Carroll, and Tipton county codes have no such exception. Each rule is linked to its official source below.

Housing a crew? Unincorporated Pulaski County allows a temporary dwelling, which may be an RV, for people responsible for construction or security on the site; Logansport, Cass County, and Tipton County bar sleeping in job-site offices. Crew rules and housing

The August storms and Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties

FEMA lists Cass County, Carroll County, Pulaski County, and Tipton County under Individual Assistance for this disaster. Households there apply for FEMA help at DisasterAssistance.gov; FEMA set October 25, 2026 as the deadline to apply in Indiana. For Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties, official updates come from the Cass County Emergency Management Agency, Carroll County Emergency Management, Pulaski County Emergency Management Agency, Tipton County Emergency Management, and Indiana Department of Homeland Security.

Storm facts

  • Indiana. On August 13, 2026, Governor Braun signed Executive Order 26-21, declaring a statewide disaster emergency for 30 days due to flooding, severe weather, tornadic activity, and a derecho that began August 11, 2026. Indiana Executive Order 26-21
  • Federal, Indiana. On August 25, 2026, FEMA listed a major disaster declaration for Indiana, DR-4933-IN, for severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes, and flooding from August 11 to 24, 2026, and on September 25, 2026 it added Cass, Pike, and Putnam counties for Individual Assistance. As of October 17, 2026, its designated areas page named 24 counties under Individual Assistance, the FEMA program that pays households directly: Carroll, Cass, Dearborn, Decatur, Delaware, Fayette, Franklin, Hamilton, Hancock, Henry, LaPorte, Lake, Madison, Marion, Morgan, Pike, Porter, Pulaski, Putnam, Randolph, Rush, Tipton, Union, and Wayne. FEMA, Indiana Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding (DR-4933-IN), designated areas
  • Deadline to apply, Indiana. In its September 25, 2026 news release, FEMA said the deadline to apply for FEMA Individual Assistance in Indiana is October 25, 2026. FEMA news release DR-4933-IN NR 05, September 25, 2026
  • Weather, Indiana. NWS Indianapolis says a wet pattern from August 11 to 17, 2026 brought over a foot of rain to some parts of central Indiana, and that the White River at Anderson and Noblesville set record crests, breaking records from 1913. National Weather Service Indianapolis, Record Flooding of August 2026

Checked against the sources above as of . For current information, go to the source.

Recovery status as of October 17, 2026

What the official county, city, state, and FEMA pages stated when we read them. Each line carries its date and links its source.

  • October 17, 2026. FEMA, SBA and state representatives are at the Do It in Delphi Market on the Delphi Courthouse Square, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. ET. Source: Indiana Department of Homeland Security
  • October 16, 2026. FEMA, SBA and state representatives held an in-person event at the Pulaski County Public Library, 121 S. Riverside Dr., Winamac, 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET. Source: Indiana Department of Homeland Security
  • September 25, 2026. Cass County homeowners and renters became eligible for FEMA Individual Assistance. Carroll, Cass and Pulaski counties were added for Public Assistance. Source: FEMA

Not stated on an official page. Anything not listed here was not stated on an official page we read. Ask the county emergency management agency for the latest.

A trailer on your own lot in Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties

Whether a trailer can stay on your lot is decided by your city or town, or by the county or township outside city limits, and by your HOA if you have one. Here is what each one’s own code or official page says, in short. Our parent brand covers the residential RV rules for North central Indiana in detail.

If insurance may pay for your housing

That depends on your policy and your adjuster. When a carrier approves the trailer, we can bill the carrier directly, so you are not fronting the cost. Our parent brand explains the claim side on 1st Choice Living’s North central Indiana page. Once the placement is arranged, the trailer, delivery, and service are ours.

Repairs that run into winter

Every size arrives furnished, with real beds, a full kitchen, a bathroom with a shower, and heat and air conditioning. If the work on the house runs into the cold months, read winter care and freeze protection before the first hard freeze. More on a trailer on your property while you rebuild.

Already working with a temporary housing company?

We work with any temporary housing company. If one is handling your housing, ask them to place you with Temporary RV Living, or with our parent brand, 1st Choice Living, for a trailer on your own lot in Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties. They send us the placement, and we deliver, set up, and service the trailer.

Crew trailers on a job site in Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties

For restoration, roofing, tree, utility, and response crews working in Logansport, Delphi, Winamac, Tipton, and rural Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties. Bring the housing to the work. We deliver travel trailers to the site, or as close as the ground allows, and set up and connect them the same way we do in a driveway. A two-person crew fits one trailer. A full crew takes a cluster, and the Workforce Bunkhouse sleeps six or more per trailer, with a kitchen and a bathroom the crew shares. One point of contact runs the placement, it lands on one invoice billed directly to the company, and we handle the LOA, COI, and compliance paperwork your office or your client requires.

What the local codes say about trailers on a job site

Pulaski County is the one place here with a written rule for living on a construction site. Everywhere else, ask the planning office for the site before delivery, with the address and how long the crew expects to stay. More on crew housing.

Power, water, and sewer for a trailer in Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties

Water, sewer or septic, and electrical connections are completed by licensed, insured contractors from our preferred vendor network, so you do not hire an electrician or a plumber. We look at how far the trailer will sit from the water, sewer, and power it will use, and confirm the site with you on the call before the trailer rolls.

Electric service in Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties comes from the utilities below. Each posts its own outage updates.

  • Duke Energy Indiana: Duke's service territory map lists Cass, Carroll and Tipton among the Indiana counties it serves (portions may be served by other utilities).
  • Logansport Municipal Utilities (Logansport Utilities): City-owned electric utility for Logansport. Its home page lists the outage line, (574) 753-6231.
  • Carroll White REMC: Rural electric co-op listed as a Cass County electric provider. It was formed from Carroll County REMC and keeps an office in Delphi.
  • Miami-Cass REMC: Rural electric co-op listed as a Cass County electric provider.
  • Fulton County REMC: Rural electric co-op listed as a Cass County electric provider. After-hours line 800-286-2265.
  • Tipmont REMC: Lists Carroll among the counties it serves.
  • NIPSCO: NIPSCO's electric tariff lists Francesville and Medaryville, both in Pulaski County, among the towns it furnishes electric service.
  • Town of Winamac Electric Department: Town-owned electric utility for Winamac, 623 W. 11th Street. Normal hours 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern, Monday to Friday.

Septic: No county health department rule on hooking an RV to a home septic system was found for Cass, Carroll, Pulaski or Tipton County. Logansport's planning office says septic permits come from the Cass County Health Department at (574) 753-7760, so call the county health department before connecting. In Delphi, the remodeling RV allowance requires the RV to use the same sewage facilities as the house being rebuilt. Source: City of Logansport Planning / Zoning Department (septic permits referral)

What we need to start

  • The address where the trailer will sit
  • When you need it, and who is moving in: your household, pets included, or the crew head count
  • What the site has: a route in, firm ground close to level, and where the water, sewer or septic, and power are
  • For a company: in the form, choose “I am arranging it for someone else,” then “Employer housing a crew” or “Contractor or restoration”
  • Any approval the city, county, township, or HOA has given, or the office you have been working with

Answer a few questions in the request form and a rep calls you back with a written quote, or call (214) 493-1515.

Questions about trailers in Cass, Carroll, Pulaski, and Tipton counties

Can I live in a travel trailer on my lot in Delphi while my house is repaired?

Delphi's Unified Development Ordinance lets the zoning administrator approve living in an RV on your own lot while the house is built or remodeled, with a temporary use permit and an issued building permit. The limit is one year, renewable once for six months, only the owner may live in it, and it must use the house's water, sewer, and electric service.

What does Pulaski County allow after storm damage?

Pulaski County's Unified Development Ordinance allows one temporary dwelling, which may be an RV, for the people who live in a home under construction or being repaired after casualty damage. It goes on the same lot, the temporary use permit comes only after a building permit, and it comes off within 30 days after the certificate of occupancy. Winamac's own zoning ordinance is not online, so ask Town Hall there.

Can I live in an RV on my lot in Logansport or Tipton?

Not under the codes we found. Logansport's zoning ordinance says an RV may not be used for living or housekeeping on a residential lot, and Tipton's ordinance says RVs in residential districts may not be used for living or sleeping. Neither has a storm or rebuilding exception, so ask the planning office before anyone moves in.

Can a restoration crew stay in travel trailers on a job site here?

Unincorporated Pulaski County allows a temporary dwelling, which may be an RV, on a construction site for people responsible for construction or security there. Logansport, Cass County, and Tipton County allow job-site offices but say they may have no sleeping facilities. Ask the planning office for the site before delivery.

Do you deliver travel trailers to north central Indiana?

We deliver, set up, and service trailers nationwide, and have since 2004. Put the address in the request form and we confirm the site with you on the call.

A Forest River Wildcat fifth-wheel trailer set up on grass with its slide-outs open and steps down

Tell us where the trailer needs to be

For your family or a crew, answer a few questions and a rep calls you back with a written quote.