Natural hazards · Canteen

Canteen, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Canteen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 69 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Canteen?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Canteen to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding44%Earthquakes34%Heat waves6%Tornadoes6%Cold waves6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Canteen 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 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Canteen flood?

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

69paid claims since 1979

$389Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Late July Flooding: 4 claims, $36K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K
Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $3K

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: St. Clair County.

Disasters that hit Canteen

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into CanteenDeclared for St. Clair County only

St. Clair County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Canteen

Canteen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Washington Parkmostly inland floodingVery high

East St. Louismostly inland floodingVery high

Nameokimostly inland floodingVery high

Canteenmostly inland floodingVery high

Fairmont Citymostly earthquakesVery high

Bellevillemostly earthquakesHigh

Stitesmostly earthquakesHigh

Caseyvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Caseyvillemostly earthquakesHigh

Fairview Heightsmostly earthquakesModerate

Stookeymostly earthquakesModerate

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. Canteen covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Canteen’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Canteen. 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 Canteen total about $7.7M 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.