Natural hazards · Browning

Browning, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Browning comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high 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 Browning?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Browning to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes54%Inland flooding13%Cold waves13%Tornadoes8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Browning faces

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

Earthquakes

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Browning flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Browning

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrowningDeclared for Franklin County only

2004

Record/Near Record Snow

$2K to the Township of Browning for repairs

Franklin County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Browning

Browning and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Denningmostly earthquakesHigh

Tyronemostly earthquakesHigh

Bentonmostly earthquakesHigh

Barrenmostly earthquakesHigh

Browningmostly earthquakesHigh

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. Browning covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Browning’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Browning. 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 Browning total about $2.7M 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.