Natural hazards · Hickory

Hickory, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hickory comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hickory?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hickory to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding34%Cold waves24%Strong wind13%Heat waves8%Tornadoes7%Drought7%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hickory faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Hickory flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Schuyler County.

Disasters that hit Hickory

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Schuyler County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hickory itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HickoryDeclared for Schuyler County only

Schuyler County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Hickory

Hickory and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bathmostly inland floodingVery high

Lynchburgmostly inland floodingVery high

Hickorymostly inland floodingHigh

Browningmostly inland floodingHigh

Woodlandmostly inland floodingLow

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