Natural hazards · Burbank

Burbank, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burbank comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burbank?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burbank to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves30%Tornadoes14%Heat waves8%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Burbank faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

30% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Burbank flood?

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

23paid claims since 1979

$302Kpaid to owners

4homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $11K
Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $3K

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. Burbank 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 Burbank

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurbankDeclared for Cook County only

2024

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

47 households applied for aid $213K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

105 households applied for aid $206K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

82 households applied for aid $229K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$48K to the City of Burbank for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

206 households applied for aid $692K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

16 households applied for aid $16K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$13K to the City of Burbank for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$13K to the City of Burbank for repairs

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

Around Burbank

Burbank and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Oak Lawnmostly inland floodingVery high

Stickneymostly inland floodingHigh

Burbankmostly inland floodingHigh

Bridgeviewmostly inland floodingModerate

Chicagomostly inland floodingModerate

Bedford Parkmostly 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. Burbank covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burbank’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Burbank. 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 Burbank total about $11.2M 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.