Natural hazards · McClure

McClure, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McClure comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is McClure?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McClure to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding55%Earthquakes18%Tornadoes8%Strong wind5%Everything else15%

By hazard

What McClure faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

18% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 McClure flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Alexander County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

6flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit McClure

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McClureDeclared for Alexander County only

2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$8K to the Village of McClure for repairs

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

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

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

McClure, IL natural hazards

How exposed is McClure?

What McClure faces

Inland flooding

Earthquakes

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does McClure flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

How to read this page

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