Natural hazards · De Pue

De Pue, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in De Pue comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 19 claims here since 1979.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is De Pue?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in De Pue to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding48%Tornadoes19%Drought9%Cold waves8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What De Pue faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 De Pue flood?

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

19paid claims since 1979

$104Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 10 claims, $73K

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

Insurance rates: Bureau County.

Disasters that hit De Pue

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Bureau County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching De Pue itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into De PueDeclared for Bureau County only

Bureau County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around De Pue

De Pue and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

De Puemostly inland floodingLow

Selbymostly inland floodingLow

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