Natural hazards · Maywood

Maywood, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maywood comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1982. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maywood?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maywood to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding47%Cold waves29%Tornadoes13%Heat waves8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Maywood faces

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

Inland flooding

47% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

29% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Maywood flood?

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

30paid claims since 1982

$171Kpaid to owners

8homes flooded more than once

19822026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $28K
Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $1K

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. Maywood isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Cook County.

Disasters that hit Maywood

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaywoodDeclared for Cook County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

489 households applied for aid $1.9M aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

1,277 households applied for aid $5.4M aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

1,715 households applied for aid $3.4M aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$52K to the Village of Maywood for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

3,835 households applied for aid $14.2M aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

684 households applied for aid $689K aid approved $114K to the Village of Maywood for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$210K to the Village of Maywood for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$26K to the Village of Maywood for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$20K to the Village of Maywood for repairs

Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Maywood

Maywood and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bellwoodmostly inland floodingVery high

Provisomostly inland floodingHigh

Maywoodmostly inland floodingHigh

River Forestmostly inland floodingHigh

Forest Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Melrose Parkmostly inland floodingHigh

Broadviewmostly 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. Maywood covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Maywood’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Maywood. 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 Maywood total about $10.9M 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.