Natural hazards · Buckeye

Buckeye, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Buckeye comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1990. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Buckeye?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Buckeye to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes14%Hail9%Cold waves9%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Buckeye faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 26% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Buckeye flood?

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

15paid claims since 1990

$287Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 3 claims, $30K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stephenson County.

Disasters that hit Buckeye

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BuckeyeDeclared for Stephenson County only

2006

Snow

$2K to the Township of Buckeye for repairs

Stephenson County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Buckeye

Buckeye and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Harlemmostly inland floodingLow

Buckeyemostly inland floodingLow

Waddamsmostly inland floodingLow

Onecomostly inland floodingLow

Dakotamostly inland floodingLow

Rock Grovemostly 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. Buckeye covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Buckeye’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Buckeye. 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 Buckeye 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.