Natural hazards · Leland

Leland, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Leland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Leland?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Leland to be higher than in 26% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding49%Cold waves24%Tornadoes9%Drought6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Leland faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 19 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Leland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: La Salle County.

Disasters that hit Leland

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LelandDeclared for La Salle County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$3K to the Village of Leland for repairs

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$3K to the Village of Leland for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Village of Leland for repairs

La Salle County has had 18 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. Leland 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 Leland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Leland. 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.