Natural hazards · Burton

Burton, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2018.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burton?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Burton to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes22%Cold waves19%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Burton faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Burton flood?

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

3paid claims since 2018

$19Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McHenry County.

Disasters that hit Burton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for McHenry County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Burton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BurtonDeclared for McHenry County only

McHenry County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Burton

Burton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Fox Lakemostly inland floodingVery high

Antiochmostly inland floodingHigh

Richmondmostly inland floodingLow

Randallmostly inland floodingLow

Burtonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Burton covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

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