Natural hazards · Kenney

Kenney, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Kenney?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenney to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding33%Drought21%Cold waves20%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Kenney faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Kenney flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: De Witt County.

Disasters that hit Kenney

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KenneyDeclared for De Witt County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$11K to the Village of Kenney for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Village of Kenney for repairs

De Witt County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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