Natural hazards · Broadview

Broadview, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Broadview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1987. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Broadview?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Broadview to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves20%Tornadoes11%Heat waves5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Broadview faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

5% 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 weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Broadview flood?

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

18paid claims since 1987

$538Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19872026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 9 claims, $435K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Broadview 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 Broadview

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BroadviewDeclared for Cook County only

2024

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

228 households applied for aid $588K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

380 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

661 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$12K to the Village of Broadview for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,499 households applied for aid $4.8M aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

208 households applied for aid $164K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$7K to the Village of Broadview for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$14K to the Village of Broadview for repairs

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

Around Broadview

Broadview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

La Grange Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Westchestermostly inland floodingHigh

Maywoodmostly inland floodingHigh

Broadviewmostly 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. Broadview covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Broadview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Broadview. 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 Broadview total about $6.9M 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.