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East Hazel Crest, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in East Hazel Crest comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is East Hazel Crest?

54
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in East Hazel Crest to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves22%Tornadoes15%Heat waves6%Everything else3%
By hazard

What East Hazel Crest faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hazel Crest flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. East Hazel Crest 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 East Hazel Crest

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into East Hazel CrestDeclared for Cook County only
2024

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

35 households applied for aid $104K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

44 households applied for aid $121K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $936 aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$6K to the Village of East Hazel Crest for repairs
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$3K to the Village of East Hazel Crest for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$4K to the Village of East Hazel Crest for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around East Hazel Crest

East Hazel Crest and the towns around it

Homewood: High, mostly inland floodingSouth Holland: Very high, mostly inland floodingHarvey: Very high, mostly inland floodingHazel Crest: High, mostly inland floodingFlossmoor: Moderate, mostly inland floodingThornton: Low, mostly inland floodingGlenwood: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBloom: High, mostly inland floodingRich: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCalumet City: High, mostly inland floodingDolton: Very high, mostly inland floodingLansing: High, mostly inland floodingPhoenix: High, mostly inland floodingMarkham: High, mostly inland floodingDixmoor: Very high, mostly inland floodingPosen: Very high, mostly inland floodingCountry Club Hills: High, mostly inland floodingEast Hazel Crest: Moderate, mostly inland flooding East Hazel CrestHomewoodSouth HollandHarveyHazel Crest
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
South Hollandmostly inland floodingVery high
Harveymostly inland floodingVery high
Hazel Crestmostly inland floodingHigh
Homewoodmostly inland floodingHigh
East Hazel Crestmostly inland floodingModerate
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 Hazel Crest 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 Hazel Crest’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of East Hazel Crest. 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.

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