Natural hazards · Alexis

Alexis, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexis comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1982. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexis?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexis to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought30%Inland flooding20%Cold waves17%Heat waves9%Strong wind8%Hail6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Alexis faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Drought

30% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Alexis flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Alexis, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 1982

$1Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Alexis isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Warren County.

Disasters that hit Alexis

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Alexis itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Alexis.

Brought FEMA money into AlexisDeclared for Warren County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

Warren County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Alexis is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Alexis’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Alexis. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.