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Natural hazards · Dixmoor

Dixmoor, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dixmoor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 46 claims here since 1987. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Dixmoor?

86
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dixmoor to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding73%Cold waves13%Tornadoes9%Everything else6%
By hazard

What Dixmoor faces

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

Inland flooding

73% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

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 Dixmoor flood?

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

46paid claims since 1987
$198Kpaid to owners
4homes flooded more than once
19872026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 9 claims, $78K
  • Hurricane Ike: 6 claims, $22K
  • Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $3K

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. Dixmoor isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cook County.
Disasters that hit Dixmoor

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DixmoorDeclared for Cook County only
2024

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

86 households applied for aid $470K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

161 households applied for aid $486K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

139 households applied for aid $255K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

106 households applied for aid $266K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

149 households applied for aid $189K aid approved
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Dixmoor

Dixmoor and the towns around it

Riverdale: Very high, mostly inland floodingHarvey: Very high, mostly inland floodingPosen: Very high, mostly inland floodingBlue Island: Very high, mostly inland floodingThornton: Very high, mostly inland floodingBremen: High, mostly inland floodingCalumet: Very high, mostly inland floodingChicago: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDolton: Very high, mostly inland floodingSouth Holland: Very high, mostly inland floodingMarkham: High, mostly inland floodingPhoenix: High, mostly inland floodingEast Hazel Crest: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHazel Crest: High, mostly inland floodingCalumet Park: Very high, mostly inland floodingAlsip: High, mostly inland floodingRobbins: High, mostly inland floodingBurnham: High, mostly inland floodingBloom: High, mostly inland floodingNorth: Moderate, mostly inland floodingThornton: Low, mostly inland floodingHammond: Low, mostly inland floodingLansing: High, mostly inland floodingMunster: High, mostly inland floodingOrland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRich: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWorth: Very high, mostly inland floodingTinley Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDixmoor: Very high, mostly inland flooding DixmoorRiverdaleHarveyPosenBlue IslandThorntonBremen
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Posenmostly inland floodingVery high
Dixmoormostly inland floodingVery high
Blue Islandmostly inland floodingVery high
Harveymostly inland floodingVery high
Riverdalemostly inland floodingVery high
Thorntonmostly inland floodingVery high
Bremenmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Dixmoor covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dixmoor’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dixmoor. 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 Dixmoor total about $4.9M 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.

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