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Natural hazards · Bartlett

Bartlett, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bartlett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bartlett?

29
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bartlett to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding46%Cold waves26%Tornadoes18%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Bartlett faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% 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 Bartlett flood?

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

4paid claims since 1978
$17Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ike: 2 claims, $14K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Bartlett is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: DuPage County.
Disasters that hit Bartlett

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BartlettDeclared for DuPage County only
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $25K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$137K to the Village of Bartlett for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

29 households applied for aid $32K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

200 households applied for aid $871K aid approved $52K to the Village of Bartlett for repairs
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$34K to the Village of Bartlett for repairs
DuPage County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Bartlett

Bartlett and the towns around it

Streamwood: Low, mostly cold wavesElgin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHanover Park: Low, mostly cold wavesSouth Elgin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWayne: Low, mostly inland floodingWayne: Very low, mostly inland floodingHanover: Low, mostly cold wavesCarol Stream: Low, mostly inland floodingHoffman Estates: Very low, mostly cold wavesSchaumburg: Low, mostly inland floodingCampton Hills: Low, mostly inland floodingWest Dundee: Very low, mostly inland floodingPingree Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingElgin: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDundee: Very low, mostly inland floodingGilberts: Low, mostly inland floodingPlato: Low, mostly inland floodingSleepy Hollow: Very low, mostly inland floodingRoselle: Very low, mostly inland floodingBloomingdale: Low, mostly inland floodingSchaumburg: Low, mostly inland floodingSt. Charles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBloomingdale: Very low, mostly inland floodingWinfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWest Chicago: Very low, mostly inland floodingSt. Charles: Low, mostly inland floodingBarrington: Very low, mostly inland floodingGlendale Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingWinfield: High, mostly inland floodingWheaton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlen Ellyn: Low, mostly inland floodingBartlett: Low, mostly inland flooding BartlettStreamwoodElginHanover ParkSouth ElginWayneWayneHanoverCarol Stream
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Elginmostly inland floodingModerate
South Elginmostly inland floodingModerate
Bartlettmostly inland floodingLow
Carol Streammostly inland floodingLow
Waynemostly inland floodingLow
Hanovermostly cold wavesLow
Streamwoodmostly cold wavesLow
Hanover Parkmostly cold wavesLow
Waynemostly 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. Bartlett covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bartlett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bartlett. 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 Bartlett total about $11.3M 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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