Natural hazards · Burlington

Burlington, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burlington comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burlington?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burlington to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves19%Tornadoes18%Drought6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Burlington faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 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 Burlington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kane County.

Disasters that hit Burlington

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurlingtonDeclared for Kane County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$7K to the Village of Burlington for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$2K to the Village of Burlington for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Village of Burlington for repairs

Kane County has had 14 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. Burlington 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 Burlington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Burlington. 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.