Natural hazards · Centreville

Centreville, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Centreville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 113 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Centreville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Centreville to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding45%Earthquakes28%Heat waves8%Cold waves8%Tornadoes6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Centreville faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

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

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 Centreville flood?

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

113paid claims since 1979

$1.1Mpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 11 claims, $27K
Late July Flooding: 4 claims, $428K
March storm: 3 claims, $8K

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Centreville 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 Centreville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CentrevilleDeclared for St. Clair County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

72 households applied for aid $288K aid approved

2022

Severe Storm and Flooding

107 households applied for aid $339K aid approved

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

Around Centreville

Centreville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East St. Louismostly inland floodingVery high

Centrevillemostly inland floodingVery high

Sugar Loafmostly inland floodingVery high

Saugetmostly inland floodingVery high

Cahokia Heightsmostly inland floodingVery high

St. Louismostly heat wavesHigh

Bellevillemostly earthquakesHigh

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. Centreville covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Centreville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Centreville. 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 Centreville total about $13.3M 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.