Natural hazards · Levan

Levan, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Levan comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Levan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Levan to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes35%Inland flooding26%Strong wind15%Cold waves10%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Levan faces

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

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Levan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jackson County.

Disasters that hit Levan

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Jackson County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Levan itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into LevanDeclared for Jackson County only

Jackson County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Levan

Levan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Sand Ridgemostly inland floodingVery high

Kinkaidmostly inland floodingVery high

Somersetmostly earthquakesVery high

Levanmostly earthquakesHigh

Oramostly earthquakesHigh

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