Natural hazards · Enfield

Enfield, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Enfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Enfield?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Enfield to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding35%Earthquakes35%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Enfield faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% 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 Enfield flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: White County.

Disasters that hit Enfield

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for White County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Enfield itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into EnfieldDeclared for White County only

White County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Enfield

Enfield and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Carmimostly earthquakesHigh

Enfieldmostly inland floodingHigh

Mill Shoalsmostly inland floodingHigh

Indian Creekmostly earthquakesHigh

Crookmostly earthquakesHigh

Mayberrymostly earthquakesHigh

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