Natural hazards · Golconda

Golconda, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Golconda comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1986. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Golconda?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Golconda to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes41%Inland flooding30%Strong wind8%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Golconda faces

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

Earthquakes

41% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years 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 Golconda flood?

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

1paid claims since 1986

$305paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19862026

Disasters that hit Golconda

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GolcondaDeclared for Pope County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

36 households applied for aid $111K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

Pope County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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