Natural hazards · Kewanee

Kewanee, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kewanee comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1981. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kewanee?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kewanee to be higher than in 21% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding22%Tornadoes22%Strong wind21%Cold waves13%Heat waves9%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Kewanee faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 7% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

21% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Kewanee flood?

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

6paid claims since 1981

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19812026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $3K
Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $3K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Henry County.

Disasters that hit Kewanee

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KewaneeDeclared for Henry County only

2024

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

228 households applied for aid $259K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

30 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$28K to the City of Kewanee for repairs

2006

Snow

$17K to the City of Kewanee for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$11K to the City of Kewanee for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$23K to the City of Kewanee for repairs

Henry County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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. Kewanee covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Kewanee’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kewanee. 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 Kewanee total about $987K 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.