Natural hazards · Boynton

Boynton, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Boynton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Boynton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Boynton to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves16%Tornadoes13%Drought12%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Boynton 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

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Boynton flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Boynton.

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Tazewell County.

Disasters that hit Boynton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BoyntonDeclared for Tazewell County only

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$889 to the Township of Boynton for repairs

Tazewell County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Boynton

Boynton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Boyntonmostly inland floodingModerate

Hopedalemostly inland floodingModerate

Hittlemostly inland floodingModerate

Orvilmostly inland floodingModerate

Prairie Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Delavanmostly 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. Boynton is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Boynton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Boynton. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

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.