Natural hazards · Farrington

Farrington, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farrington comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farrington?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farrington to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes52%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes10%Strong wind7%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Farrington faces

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

Earthquakes

52% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% 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 Farrington flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Farrington

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarringtonDeclared for Jefferson County only

Jefferson County has had 3 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Farrington

Farrington and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Hickory Hillmostly inland floodingHigh

Mount Vernonmostly earthquakesHigh

Rominemostly earthquakesHigh

Fieldmostly earthquakesHigh

Farringtonmostly earthquakesModerate

Webbermostly earthquakesModerate

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