Natural hazards · Cissna Park

Cissna Park, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cissna Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 17 claims here since 1994. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cissna Park?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding59%Cold waves27%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Cissna Park faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Cissna Park flood?

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

17paid claims since 1994

$130Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19942026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 5 claims, $37K

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. Cissna Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Iroquois County.

Disasters that hit Cissna Park

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Cissna ParkDeclared for Iroquois County only

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$2K to the Village of Cissna Park for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$5K to the Village of Cissna Park for repairs

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

Around Cissna Park

Cissna Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Cissna Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Pigeon Grovemostly inland floodingHigh

Fountain Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

Ash Grovemostly 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. Cissna Park 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 Cissna Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Cissna Park. 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.