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Hillside, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hillside comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2013. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Hillside?

51
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hillside to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves27%Tornadoes14%Heat waves8%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Hillside faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hillside flood?

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

7paid claims since 2013
$772Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
20132026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 5 claims, $743K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Hillside isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cook County.
Disasters that hit Hillside

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HillsideDeclared for Cook County only
2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

67 households applied for aid $216K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

165 households applied for aid $561K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

413 households applied for aid $1.0M aid approved
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

816 households applied for aid $2.3M aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

98 households applied for aid $123K aid approved
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Hillside

Hillside and the towns around it

Bellwood: Very high, mostly inland floodingBerkeley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWestchester: High, mostly inland floodingMelrose Park: High, mostly inland floodingMaywood: High, mostly inland floodingNorthlake: High, mostly inland floodingProviso: High, mostly inland floodingYork: Low, mostly inland floodingElmhurst: High, mostly inland floodingBroadview: High, mostly inland floodingHillside: Moderate, mostly inland flooding HillsideBellwoodBerkeleyWestchester
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Bellwoodmostly inland floodingVery high
Westchestermostly inland floodingHigh
Hillsidemostly inland floodingModerate
Berkeleymostly 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. Hillside covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hillside’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Hillside. 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 Hillside total about $4.7M 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.

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