Natural hazards · Hillsboro

Hillsboro, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hillsboro comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hillsboro?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hillsboro to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding34%Earthquakes22%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Heat waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Hillsboro 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

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 81 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Hillsboro flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Hillsboro

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HillsboroDeclared for Montgomery County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$41K to the City of Hillsboro for repairs

Montgomery County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often tornadoes and severe storms.

Around Hillsboro

Hillsboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Taylor Springsmostly inland floodingHigh

Irvingmostly inland floodingHigh

East Forkmostly inland floodingModerate

Hillsboromostly inland floodingModerate

Butler Grovemostly inland floodingModerate

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