Natural hazards · Grandview

Grandview, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grandview comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Grandview?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grandview to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and tornadoes.

Cold waves24%Tornadoes22%Inland flooding22%Earthquakes13%Heat waves12%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Grandview faces

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

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Heat waves

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Grandview flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sangamon County.

Disasters that hit Grandview

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GrandviewDeclared for Sangamon County only

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$12K to the Village of Grandview for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$2K to the Village of Grandview for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$4K to the Village of Grandview for repairs

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

Around Grandview

Grandview and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springfieldmostly inland floodingLow

Grandviewmostly cold wavesLow

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. Grandview covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Grandview’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Grandview. 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 Grandview total about $706K 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.