Natural hazards · Goshen

Goshen, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Goshen comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Goshen?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Goshen to be higher than in 45% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding35%Drought21%Strong wind14%Tornadoes11%Cold waves10%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Goshen 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

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Goshen flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit Goshen

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GoshenDeclared for Stark County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$15K to the Township of Goshen for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Township of Goshen for repairs

2006

Snow

$4K to the Township of Goshen for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$4K to the Township of Goshen for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$5K to the Township of Goshen for repairs

Stark County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Goshen

Goshen and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lynnmostly inland floodingModerate

West Jerseymostly inland floodingModerate

Goshenmostly inland floodingModerate

Toulonmostly inland floodingModerate

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