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Natural hazards · Cicero

Cicero, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cicero comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 13 claims here since 2011. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Cicero?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cicero to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves29%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Cicero faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cicero flood?

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

13paid claims since 2011
$89Kpaid to owners
1homes flooded more than once
20112026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Cicero isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cook County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2buildings floodproofed
Disasters that hit Cicero

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CiceroDeclared for Cook County only
2024

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

269 households applied for aid $1.1M aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

7,687 households applied for aid $41.7M aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

474 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$170K to the Town of Cicero for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

6,352 households applied for aid $20.8M aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $56K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$249K to the Town of Cicero for repairs
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$113K to the Town of Cicero for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$87K to the Town of Cicero for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Cicero

Cicero and the towns around it

Chicago: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBerwyn: High, mostly inland floodingBerwyn: High, mostly inland floodingStickney: Very high, mostly inland floodingStickney: High, mostly inland floodingLeyden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMaine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRosemont: Low, mostly inland floodingWorth: Very high, mostly inland floodingSchiller Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNiles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCalumet: Very high, mostly inland floodingPark Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElk Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNiles: Low, mostly inland floodingDes Plaines: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Riverside: High, mostly inland floodingProviso: High, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingForest View: High, mostly inland floodingLyons: High, mostly inland floodingBedford Park: Low, mostly inland floodingBurbank: High, mostly inland floodingSummit: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyons: Very high, mostly inland floodingOak Lawn: Very high, mostly inland floodingCicero: High, mostly inland flooding CiceroChicagoBerwynBerwynStickneyStickney
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Stickneymostly inland floodingVery high
Ciceromostly inland floodingHigh
Berwynmostly inland floodingHigh
Berwynmostly inland floodingHigh
Stickneymostly inland floodingHigh
Chicagomostly inland floodingModerate
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. Cicero covers 16 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Cicero’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cicero. 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 Cicero total about $39.6M 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.

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