Natural hazards · Bushnell

Bushnell, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bushnell comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bushnell?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bushnell to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding26%Cold waves20%Heat waves16%Tornadoes12%Strong wind8%Drought7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Bushnell faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Bushnell flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McDonough County.

Disasters that hit Bushnell

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BushnellDeclared for McDonough County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$135K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

157 households applied for aid $274K aid approved $53K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$14K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2006

Snow

$7K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$3K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$5K to the City of Bushnell for repairs

McDonough County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe 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. Bushnell 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 Bushnell’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bushnell. 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.