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Natural hazards · Custer Park

Custer Park, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Custer Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Custer Park?

82
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Custer Park to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding70%Cold waves15%Tornadoes12%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Custer Park faces

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

Inland flooding

70% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 42 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Custer Park flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Custer 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: Will County.
Disasters that hit Custer Park

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Custer ParkDeclared for Will County only
2024

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

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $4K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid
Will County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Custer Park

Custer Park and the towns around it

Rest Haven: Very high, mostly inland floodingCuster: Very high, mostly inland floodingWesley: Very high, mostly inland floodingLakewood Shores: Very high, mostly inland floodingSalina: High, mostly inland floodingWilmington: High, mostly inland floodingReed: Very low, mostly inland floodingRockville: High, mostly inland floodingCuster Park: Very high, mostly inland flooding Custer ParkRest HavenCusterWesley
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Custer Parkmostly inland floodingVery high
Rest Havenmostly inland floodingVery high
Custermostly inland floodingVery high
Wesleymostly inland floodingVery high
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. Custer 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 Custer Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Custer 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.

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