Natural hazards · Licking

Licking, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Licking comes from inland flooding, 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 Licking?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Licking to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding56%Earthquakes13%Drought10%Tornadoes7%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Licking faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Licking flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Crawford County.

Disasters that hit Licking

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LickingDeclared for Crawford County only

Crawford County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Licking

Licking and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lickingmostly inland floodingHigh

Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh

Oblongmostly inland floodingHigh

Grandvillemostly inland floodingHigh

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