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Natural hazards · Kenilworth

Kenilworth, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenilworth comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1978. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kenilworth?

16
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenilworth to be higher than in 16% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding48%Cold waves25%Tornadoes17%Heat waves7%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Kenilworth faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 34% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Coastal floodingHurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

WildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kenilworth flood?

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

1paid claims since 1978
$384paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19782026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Kenilworth 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 Kenilworth

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenilworthDeclared for Cook County only
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $9K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the Village of Kenilworth for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $5K aid approved $3K to the Village of Kenilworth for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$71K to the Village of Kenilworth for repairs
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$8K to the Village of Kenilworth for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Kenilworth

Kenilworth and the towns around it

Wilmette: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNew Trier: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWinnetka: Low, mostly inland floodingGlenview: High, mostly inland floodingEvanston: Low, mostly inland floodingSkokie: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNiles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorthfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGlencoe: Very low, mostly inland floodingNorthfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHighland Park: Low, mostly inland floodingMoraine: Low, mostly inland floodingNorthbrook: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKenilworth: Very low, mostly inland flooding KenilworthWilmetteNew TrierWinnetka
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Wilmettemostly inland floodingModerate
New Triermostly inland floodingModerate
Winnetkamostly inland floodingLow
Kenilworthmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Kenilworth covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kenilworth’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Kenilworth. 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 Kenilworth total about $1.2M 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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