Natural hazards · Countryside

Countryside, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Countryside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Countryside?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Countryside to be higher than in 12% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding35%Cold waves33%Tornadoes18%Heat waves9%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Countryside faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Countryside flood?

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

8paid claims since 1979

$89Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19792026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Countryside 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.

Disasters that hit Countryside

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CountrysideDeclared for Cook County only

2024

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

5 households applied for aid $13K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

9 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

17 households applied for aid $41K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$20K to the City of Countryside for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

34 households applied for aid $64K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$7K to the City of Countryside for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$8K to the City of Countryside for repairs

Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Countryside

Countryside and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Indian Head Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

La Grangemostly inland floodingModerate

Burr Ridgemostly inland floodingModerate

Hodgkinsmostly inland floodingLow

Countrysidemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Countryside covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Countryside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Countryside. 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 Countryside total about $3.6M 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.