Natural hazards · Cypress

Cypress, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cypress comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high 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 Cypress?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cypress to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes43%Inland flooding26%Cold waves9%Tornadoes7%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Cypress faces

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

Earthquakes

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Cypress flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Cypress

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CypressDeclared for Johnson County only

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$27K to the Village of Cypress for repairs

Johnson County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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