Natural hazards · Antioch

Antioch, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Antioch comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 50 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Antioch?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Antioch to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes15%Cold waves15%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Antioch faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Antioch flood?

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

50paid claims since 1979
$697Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 10 claims, $439K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Antioch isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Lake County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

5homes raised above flood level
3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
Disasters that hit Antioch

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AntiochDeclared for Lake County only
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

78 households applied for aid $93K aid approved $24K to the Village of Antioch for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$76K to the Village of Antioch for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

32 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $279K to the Village of Antioch for repairs
2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$27K to the Village of Antioch for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$23K to the Village of Antioch for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$30K to the Village of Antioch for repairs
Lake County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter 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. Antioch covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Antioch’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Antioch. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Antioch total about $3.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.

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