Natural hazards · Forest View

Forest View, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Forest View comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2014. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Forest View?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding69%Cold waves15%Tornadoes9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Forest View faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Forest View flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Forest View, from FEMA’s records.

2paid claims since 2014

$10Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20142026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Forest View 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 Forest View

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Forest ViewDeclared for Cook County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

195 households applied for aid $2.1M aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$8K to the Village of Forest View for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $79K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$3K to the Village of Forest View for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$3K to the Village of Forest View for repairs

Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Forest View

Forest View and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stickneymostly inland floodingVery high

Lyonsmostly inland floodingVery high

Forest Viewmostly inland floodingHigh

Stickneymostly inland floodingHigh

Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh

Summitmostly inland floodingHigh

Chicagomostly 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. Forest View covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Forest View’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Forest View. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Forest View total about $3.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.