Natural hazards · Barnett

Barnett, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barnett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1995.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barnett?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barnett to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding33%Drought21%Cold waves20%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Barnett faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Barnett flood?

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

3paid claims since 1995

$17Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19952026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: De Witt County.

Disasters that hit Barnett

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for De Witt County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Barnett itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BarnettDeclared for De Witt County only

De Witt County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Barnett

Barnett and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Clintoniamostly inland floodingModerate

Barnettmostly inland floodingModerate

Waynesvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Tunbridgemostly inland floodingModerate

Oranmostly inland floodingModerate

Wapellamostly inland floodingModerate

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. Barnett covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barnett’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barnett. 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 Barnett total about $2.5M 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.