Natural hazards · Barrington

Barrington, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barrington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 2008.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Barrington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barrington to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves23%Tornadoes17%Heat waves6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Barrington faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Barrington flood?

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

6paid claims since 2008

$171Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $8K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cook County.

Disasters that hit Barrington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BarringtonDeclared for Cook County only

Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Barrington

Barrington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Palatinemostly inland floodingLow

Invernessmostly inland floodingLow

Hanovermostly cold wavesLow

Dundeemostly inland floodingVery low

South Barringtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Barringtonmostly inland floodingVery low

Hoffman Estatesmostly cold wavesVery low

Barringtonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Barrington covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barrington’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Barrington. 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 Barrington total about $9.7M 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.