Natural hazards · Bureau Junction

Bureau Junction, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bureau Junction comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bureau Junction?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bureau Junction to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes19%Drought9%Cold waves8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Bureau Junction faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bureau Junction flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bureau County.

Disasters that hit Bureau Junction

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Bureau JunctionDeclared for Bureau County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

2006

Snow

$2K to the Village of Bureau Junction for repairs

Bureau County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter 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. Bureau Junction 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 Bureau Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bureau Junction. 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.