Natural hazards · Edgington

Edgington, IL natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Edgington to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding37%Cold waves19%Tornadoes12%Drought11%Heat waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Edgington faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Edgington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rock Island County.

Disasters that hit Edgington

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into EdgingtonDeclared for Rock Island County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$5K to the Township of Edgington for repairs

Rock Island County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Edgington

Edgington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Edgingtonmostly inland floodingHigh

Bowlingmostly inland floodingHigh

Buffalo Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh

Andalusiamostly inland floodingHigh

Perrytonmostly inland floodingModerate

Blackhawkmostly 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. Edgington 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 Edgington’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Edgington. 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.