Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding48%Earthquakes25%Tornadoes10%Heat waves5%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

25% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Bridgeport flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeport

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Lawrence County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved $20K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2004

Record/Near Record Snow

$3K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

Lawrence County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Bridgeport

Bridgeport and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lawrencemostly inland floodingVery high

Bridgeportmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Bridgeport covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bridgeport. 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 Bridgeport total about $1.6M 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.