Natural hazards · Kildeer

Kildeer, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kildeer comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2013. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Kildeer?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kildeer to be higher than in 36% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding69%Tornadoes15%Cold waves11%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Kildeer faces

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

Inland flooding

69% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 24% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Kildeer flood?

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

1paid claims since 2013

$27Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lake County.

Disasters that hit Kildeer

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KildeerDeclared for Lake County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $4K aid approved

Lake County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Kildeer

Kildeer and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kildeermostly inland floodingLow

Long Grovemostly inland floodingLow

Deer Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Lake Zurichmostly inland floodingVery low

Forest Lakemostly inland floodingVery low

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