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Natural hazards · La Grange Park

La Grange Park, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Grange Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is La Grange Park?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Grange Park to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding57%Cold waves23%Tornadoes11%Heat waves6%Everything else3%
By hazard

What La Grange Park faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingWildfireDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 La Grange Park flood?

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

5paid claims since 1979
$14Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. La Grange Park 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 La Grange Park

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La Grange ParkDeclared for Cook County only
2024

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

6 households applied for aid $37K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

19 households applied for aid $80K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

93 households applied for aid $166K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$18K to the Village of La Grange Park for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

116 households applied for aid $283K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$9K to the Village of La Grange Park for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$12K to the Village of La Grange Park for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around La Grange Park

La Grange Park and the towns around it

La Grange: Moderate, mostly inland floodingProviso: High, mostly inland floodingLyons: High, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: High, mostly inland floodingBroadview: High, mostly inland floodingCountryside: Very low, mostly inland floodingRiver Forest: High, mostly inland floodingRiver Forest: High, mostly inland floodingYork: Low, mostly inland floodingMaywood: High, mostly inland floodingLeyden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorth Riverside: High, mostly inland floodingMelrose Park: High, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingElmhurst: High, mostly inland floodingPalos: High, mostly inland floodingStickney: High, mostly inland floodingLyons: Very high, mostly inland floodingSummit: High, mostly inland floodingChicago: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingForest View: High, mostly inland floodingDowners Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingWestchester: High, mostly inland floodingLa Grange Park: High, mostly inland flooding La Grange ParkLa GrangeProvisoLyonsBrookfieldBroadview
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
La Grange Parkmostly inland floodingHigh
Provisomostly inland floodingHigh
Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh
Brookfieldmostly inland floodingHigh
Broadviewmostly inland floodingHigh
La Grangemostly inland floodingModerate
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. La Grange Park covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Grange Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of La Grange Park. 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 La Grange Park total about $5.6M 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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