Natural hazards · Dongola

Dongola, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dongola comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dongola?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dongola to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding38%Earthquakes18%Cold waves10%Heat waves10%Strong wind9%Tornadoes8%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Dongola faces

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

Inland flooding

38% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Dongola flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Dongola

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DongolaDeclared for Union County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2009

Severe Winter Storm

$12K to the Village of Dongola for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$74K to the Village of Dongola for repairs

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

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