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Natural hazards · Orland Park

Orland Park, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orland Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 53 claims here since 1979. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Orland Park?

38
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orland Park to be higher than in 38% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding44%Cold waves27%Tornadoes16%Heat waves8%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Orland Park faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

27% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% 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 Orland Park flood?

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

53paid claims since 1979
$807Kpaid to owners
6homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $50K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Orland Park 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 Orland Park

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Orland ParkDeclared for Cook County only
2024

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

90 households applied for aid $191K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

133 households applied for aid $351K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

41 households applied for aid $63K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$149K to the Village of Orland Park for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $111K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $31K aid approved
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$50K to the Village of Orland Park for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$61K to the Village of Orland Park for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Orland Park

Orland Park and the towns around it

Orland Hills: Low, mostly cold wavesTinley Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOak Forest: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPalos Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingOrland: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHomer Glen: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHomer: Low, mostly inland floodingFrankfort: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMokena: Low, mostly inland floodingFrankfort: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFrankfort Square: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBremen: High, mostly inland floodingRich: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMidlothian: High, mostly inland floodingCountry Club Hills: High, mostly inland floodingMarkham: High, mostly inland floodingLemont: Low, mostly inland floodingPalos Heights: Very high, mostly inland floodingPalos Hills: Very high, mostly inland floodingPalos: High, mostly inland floodingLemont: Low, mostly inland floodingLockport: Low, mostly inland floodingLockport: Very low, mostly inland floodingNew Lenox: Low, mostly inland floodingMatteson: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGreen Garden: High, mostly inland floodingOrland Park: Low, mostly inland flooding Orland ParkOrland HillsTinley ParkOak ForestPalos ParkOrlandHomer GlenHomerFrankfort
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Palos Parkmostly inland floodingModerate
Tinley Parkmostly inland floodingModerate
Oak Forestmostly inland floodingModerate
Frankfortmostly inland floodingModerate
Orlandmostly inland floodingModerate
Homer Glenmostly inland floodingModerate
Homermostly inland floodingLow
Orland Parkmostly inland floodingLow
Orland Hillsmostly cold wavesLow
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. Orland Park covers 10 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Orland Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Orland Park. 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 Orland Park total about $27.3M 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.

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