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Natural hazards · Barrington Hills

Barrington Hills, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Barrington Hills comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 1986. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Barrington Hills?

41
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Barrington Hills to be higher than in 41% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves19%Tornadoes15%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Barrington Hills faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

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 Barrington Hills flood?

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

3paid claims since 1986
$23Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19862026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $14K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Barrington Hills isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kane County.
Disasters that hit Barrington Hills

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Barrington HillsDeclared for Kane County only
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$9K to the Village of Barrington Hills for repairs
Kane County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Barrington Hills

Barrington Hills and the towns around it

Barrington: Very low, mostly inland floodingCarpentersville: Very low, mostly cold wavesSouth Barrington: Very low, mostly inland floodingFox River Grove: High, mostly inland floodingAlgonquin: Very low, mostly inland floodingLake Barrington: Low, mostly inland floodingInverness: Low, mostly inland floodingEast Dundee: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDundee: Very low, mostly inland floodingHoffman Estates: Very low, mostly cold wavesCuba: High, mostly inland floodingEla: Low, mostly inland floodingDeer Park: Low, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Very low, mostly inland floodingPalatine: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Dundee: Very low, mostly inland floodingCary: Low, mostly inland floodingLake in the Hills: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRutland: Low, mostly inland floodingGrafton: Low, mostly inland floodingNorth Barrington: Low, mostly inland floodingTower Lakes: Very high, mostly inland floodingPort Barrington: High, mostly inland floodingWauconda: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPalatine: Low, mostly inland floodingAlgonquin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElgin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElgin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGilberts: Low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Low, mostly cold wavesSchaumburg: Low, mostly inland floodingStreamwood: Low, mostly cold wavesBarrington Hills: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Barrington HillsBarringtonCarpentersvilleSouth BarringtonFox River GroveAlgonquinLake BarringtonInvernessEast DundeeDundeeHoffman Estates
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Fox River Grovemostly inland floodingHigh
East Dundeemostly inland floodingModerate
Barrington Hillsmostly inland floodingModerate
Lake Barringtonmostly inland floodingLow
Invernessmostly inland floodingLow
Barringtonmostly inland floodingVery low
South Barringtonmostly inland floodingVery low
Algonquinmostly inland floodingVery low
Dundeemostly inland floodingVery low
Hoffman Estatesmostly cold wavesVery low
Carpentersvillemostly cold wavesVery 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 Hills covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Barrington Hills’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Barrington Hills. 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 Hills total about $12.1M 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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