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Bloomingdale, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bloomingdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1978. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Bloomingdale?

22
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bloomingdale to be higher than in 22% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves24%Tornadoes22%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Bloomingdale faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% 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 Bloomingdale flood?

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

15paid claims since 1978
$101Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
19782026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BloomingdaleDeclared for DuPage County only
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

15 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $15K to the Village of Bloomingdale for repairs
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$59K to the Village of Bloomingdale for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $70K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

18 households applied for aid $40K aid approved $57K to the Village of Bloomingdale for repairs
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$21K to the Village of Bloomingdale for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$29K to the Village of Bloomingdale for repairs
DuPage County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Bloomingdale

Bloomingdale and the towns around it

Roselle: Very low, mostly inland floodingGlendale Heights: Very low, mostly inland floodingAddison: Low, mostly inland floodingCarol Stream: Low, mostly inland floodingHanover Park: Low, mostly cold wavesSchaumburg: Low, mostly inland floodingItasca: Very low, mostly inland floodingElk Grove Village: Very low, mostly inland floodingLombard: Low, mostly inland floodingVilla Park: Low, mostly inland floodingWood Dale: Very low, mostly inland floodingElmhurst: High, mostly inland floodingBloomingdale: Very low, mostly inland floodingWinfield: High, mostly inland floodingWayne: Low, mostly inland floodingWheaton: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlen Ellyn: Low, mostly inland floodingBartlett: Low, mostly inland floodingStreamwood: Low, mostly cold wavesSchaumburg: Low, mostly inland floodingBloomingdale: Low, mostly inland flooding BloomingdaleRoselleGlendale HeightsAddisonCarol StreamHanover Park
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Carol Streammostly inland floodingLow
Addisonmostly inland floodingLow
Bloomingdalemostly inland floodingLow
Hanover Parkmostly cold wavesLow
Rosellemostly inland floodingVery low
Glendale Heightsmostly 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. Bloomingdale covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bloomingdale’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bloomingdale. 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 Bloomingdale total about $7.7M 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.

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