Natural hazards · Hillview

Hillview, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hillview comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hillview?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hillview to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought16%Cold waves13%Strong wind11%Heat waves7%Tornadoes6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Hillview faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Hillview flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

13flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Hillview

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HillviewDeclared for Greene County only

2006

Tornadoes and Severe Storms

25 households applied for aid $78K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

12 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

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

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