Natural hazards · Eddyville

Eddyville, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Eddyville 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 Eddyville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Eddyville to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding41%Earthquakes28%Tornadoes10%Strong wind8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Eddyville faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Eddyville flood?

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

Disasters that hit Eddyville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EddyvilleDeclared for Pope County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

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

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