Natural hazards · Danville

Danville, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Danville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 23 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Danville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Danville to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves26%Tornadoes11%Earthquakes8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Danville faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

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 Danville flood?

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

23paid claims since 1979

$493Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

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

Insurance rates: Vermilion County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

39flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Danville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DanvilleDeclared for Vermilion County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$498K to the City of Danville for repairs

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

35 households applied for aid $54K aid approved

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$40K to the City of Danville for repairs

Vermilion County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often tornadoes and severe storms.

Around Danville

Danville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blountmostly inland floodingModerate

Danvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Tiltonmostly inland floodingModerate

Danvillemostly inland floodingLow

Newellmostly inland floodingLow

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. Danville covers 5 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Danville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Danville. 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 Danville total about $4.2M 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.