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Natural hazards · Maquon

Maquon, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maquon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Maquon?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maquon to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding33%Strong wind16%Cold waves13%Drought11%Tornadoes10%Heat waves6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Maquon faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Maquon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Maquon isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Knox County.
Disasters that hit Maquon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaquonDeclared for Knox County only
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Township of Maquon for repairs
Knox County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Maquon

Maquon and the towns around it

Fairview: Low, mostly inland floodingChestnut: High, mostly inland floodingSalem: High, mostly inland floodingHaw Creek: High, mostly inland floodingFarmington: Low, mostly inland floodingYoung Hickory: Low, mostly inland floodingJoshua: Low, mostly inland floodingEllisville: Low, mostly inland floodingOrange: High, mostly inland floodingIndian Point: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElmwood: Low, mostly inland floodingElba: High, mostly inland floodingPersifer: High, mostly inland floodingMaquon: High, mostly inland flooding MaquonFairviewChestnutSalemHaw Creek
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Chestnutmostly inland floodingHigh
Maquonmostly inland floodingHigh
Salemmostly inland floodingHigh
Haw Creekmostly inland floodingHigh
Fairviewmostly inland floodingLow
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. Maquon 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 Maquon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Maquon. 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.

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