Natural hazards · De Soto

De Soto, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in De Soto comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 28 claims here since 2008.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is De Soto?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes44%Inland flooding26%Strong wind10%Cold waves8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What De Soto faces

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

Earthquakes

44% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Soto flood?

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

28paid claims since 2008

$113Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20082026

Biggest named events

March storm: 28 claims, $113K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit De Soto

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into De SotoDeclared for Jackson County only

Jackson County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around De Soto

De Soto and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Elkmostly earthquakesVery high

Hurstmostly inland floodingVery high

De Sotomostly earthquakesVery high

Carbondalemostly earthquakesVery high

Somersetmostly earthquakesVery 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. De Soto covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to De Soto’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of De Soto. 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 De Soto total about $2.7M 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.