Natural hazards · Cisco

Cisco, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cisco comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cisco?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cisco to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding33%Drought24%Cold waves14%Tornadoes10%Earthquakes9%Strong wind6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Cisco faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Earthquakes

9% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Cisco flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Piatt County.

Disasters that hit Cisco

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CiscoDeclared for Piatt County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$3K to the Village of Cisco for repairs

Piatt County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often ice storms and tornadoes.

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