Natural hazards · Bridgeview

Bridgeview, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2006. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeview?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeview to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves26%Tornadoes13%Heat waves7%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Bridgeview faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Bridgeview flood?

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

5paid claims since 2006

$249Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20062026

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. Bridgeview isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cook County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeview

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeviewDeclared for Cook County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

30 households applied for aid $53K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

55 households applied for aid $187K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

21 households applied for aid $71K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$29K to the Village of Bridgeview for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

63 households applied for aid $163K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$19K to the Village of Bridgeview for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$20K to the Village of Bridgeview for repairs

Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Bridgeview

Bridgeview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Palos Hillsmostly inland floodingVery high

Chicago Ridgemostly inland floodingVery high

Oak Lawnmostly inland floodingVery high

Justicemostly inland floodingVery high

Worthmostly inland floodingVery high

Palosmostly inland floodingHigh

Stickneymostly inland floodingHigh

Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh

Burbankmostly inland floodingHigh

Bridgeviewmostly inland floodingModerate

Hickory Hillsmostly inland floodingModerate

Bedford Parkmostly inland floodingLow

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. Bridgeview covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bridgeview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bridgeview. 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 Bridgeview total about $8.3M 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.