Natural hazards · East Bend

East Bend, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Bend comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Bend?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Bend to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding52%Drought15%Cold waves15%Tornadoes9%Everything else10%

By hazard

What East Bend faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years 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 East Bend flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Champaign County.

Disasters that hit East Bend

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in East Bend itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of East Bend.

Brought FEMA money into East BendDeclared for Champaign County only

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$4K to the Township of East Bend for repairs

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

Around East Bend

East Bend and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Bendmostly inland floodingHigh

Brownmostly inland floodingHigh

Fishermostly inland floodingHigh

Dixmostly inland floodingModerate

Ludlowmostly 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. East Bend 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 East Bend’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of East Bend. 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.