Natural hazards · Lindenhurst

Lindenhurst, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lindenhurst comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 10 claims here since 1979. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lindenhurst?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lindenhurst to be higher than in 28% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding52%Cold waves20%Tornadoes20%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Lindenhurst faces

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

Inland flooding

52% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 51% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

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 Lindenhurst flood?

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

10paid claims since 1979

$112Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $9K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Lindenhurst 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.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

24flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Lindenhurst

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LindenhurstDeclared for Lake County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

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

Around Lindenhurst

Lindenhurst and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Grandwood Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Lake Villamostly inland floodingModerate

Venetian Villagemostly inland floodingLow

Grayslakemostly inland floodingLow

Lindenhurstmostly inland floodingLow

Warrenmostly inland floodingVery low

Old Mill Creekmostly inland floodingVery low

Newportmostly 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. Lindenhurst covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Lindenhurst’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lindenhurst. 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 Lindenhurst total about $4.3M 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.