Natural hazards · Browning

Browning, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Browning comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 62 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters 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 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding34%Cold waves24%Strong wind13%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Drought7%Everything else9%

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.

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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?

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

62paid claims since 1979

$181Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $29K

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. 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: Schuyler County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Browning

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BrowningDeclared for Schuyler County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$15K to the Village of Browning for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $8K aid approved $30K to the Village of Browning for repairs

Schuyler County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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