Natural hazards · Glenview

Glenview, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Glenview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 225 claims here since 1978. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Glenview?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Glenview to be higher than in 61% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding59%Cold waves21%Tornadoes12%Heat waves6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Glenview faces

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

Inland flooding

59% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Glenview flood?

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

225paid claims since 1978

$6.2Mpaid to owners

32homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 46 claims, $3.4M
Mid-spring storms: 35 claims, $1.8M

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (7) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 25% off flood insurance. Glenview is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Cook County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

18flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Glenview

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GlenviewDeclared for Cook County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

9 households applied for aid

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $70K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

257 households applied for aid $689K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$149K to the Village of Glenview for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

22 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

219 households applied for aid $663K aid approved $201K to the Village of Glenview for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$1.1M to the Village of Glenview for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$40K to the Village of Glenview for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$70K to the Village of Glenview for repairs

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

Around Glenview

Glenview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Golfmostly inland floodingVery high

Glenviewmostly inland floodingHigh

Des Plainesmostly inland floodingModerate

Prospect Heightsmostly inland floodingModerate

Morton Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

Wilmettemostly inland floodingModerate

Northbrookmostly inland floodingModerate

Northfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Wheelingmostly inland floodingModerate

Northfieldmostly inland floodingModerate

Skokiemostly inland floodingModerate

Nilesmostly inland floodingLow

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. Glenview covers 11 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Glenview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Glenview. 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 Glenview total about $32.1M 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.