Natural hazards · Orion

Orion, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orion comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Orion?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orion to be higher than in 24% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes17%Cold waves13%Hail9%Earthquakes8%Strong wind7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Orion faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Hail

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Orion flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fulton County.

Disasters that hit Orion

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrionDeclared for Fulton County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$29K to the Township of Orion for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Township of Orion for repairs

Fulton County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

Around Orion

Orion and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Timbermostly inland floodingModerate

Cantonmostly inland floodingModerate

Trivolimostly inland floodingLow

Bannermostly inland floodingLow

Orionmostly 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. Orion 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 Orion’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Orion. 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.