Natural hazards · Brookport

Brookport, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brookport comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brookport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Brookport to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes43%Inland flooding18%Tornadoes11%Drought8%Strong wind5%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Brookport faces

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

Earthquakes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Brookport flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011

$37Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $20K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Massac County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Brookport

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrookportDeclared for Massac County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

249 households applied for aid $1.2M aid approved

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

72 households applied for aid $280K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

Massac County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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. Brookport 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 Brookport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Brookport. 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.