Natural hazards · Christy

Christy, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Christy comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Christy?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Christy to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding48%Earthquakes16%Drought14%Tornadoes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Christy faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Christy flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lawrence County.

Disasters that hit Christy

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into ChristyDeclared for Lawrence County only

Lawrence County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Christy

Christy and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Christymostly inland floodingHigh

Lukinmostly inland floodingHigh

Pettymostly inland floodingHigh

Bridgeportmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Christy 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 Christy’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Christy. 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.