Natural hazards · Mount Auburn

Mount Auburn, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mount Auburn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Mount Auburn?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mount Auburn to be higher than in 54% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding36%Drought19%Cold waves17%Earthquakes12%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Mount Auburn faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Mount Auburn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Christian County.

Disasters that hit Mount Auburn

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Mount AuburnDeclared for Christian County only

2006

Severe Winter Storm

$14K to the Village of Mount Auburn for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$1K to the Village of Mount Auburn for repairs

Christian County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

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