Natural hazards · McLeansboro

McLeansboro, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McLeansboro comes from earthquakes, 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 McLeansboro?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McLeansboro to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes48%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes9%Strong wind9%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What McLeansboro faces

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

Earthquakes

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 McLeansboro flood?

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

Disasters that hit McLeansboro

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into McLeansboroDeclared for Hamilton County only

Hamilton County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around McLeansboro

McLeansboro and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

McLeansboromostly earthquakesHigh

Knight Prairiemostly earthquakesHigh

South Crouchmostly earthquakesHigh

Crookmostly earthquakesHigh

Twiggmostly earthquakesHigh

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. McLeansboro covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to McLeansboro’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of McLeansboro. 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 McLeansboro total about $2.7M 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.