Natural hazards · East Dundee

East Dundee, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Dundee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 18 claims here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is East Dundee?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Dundee to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves19%Tornadoes15%Everything else5%

By hazard

What East Dundee faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% 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 East Dundee flood?

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

18paid claims since 1978

$87Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $13K

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

Insurance rates: Kane County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

1homes raised above flood level

Disasters that hit East Dundee

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East DundeeDeclared for Kane County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$9K to the Village of East Dundee for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $37K aid approved $59K to the Village of East Dundee for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$7K to the Village of East Dundee for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$7K to the Village of East Dundee for repairs

Kane County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around East Dundee

East Dundee and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

East Dundeemostly inland floodingModerate

Barrington Hillsmostly inland floodingModerate

West Dundeemostly inland floodingVery low

Carpentersvillemostly cold wavesVery low

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 Dundee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to East Dundee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of East Dundee. 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 East Dundee total about $1.3M 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.