Natural hazards · Peotone

Peotone, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Peotone comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2004. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Peotone?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Peotone to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding67%Cold waves15%Tornadoes13%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Peotone faces

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

Inland flooding

67% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 37 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Peotone flood?

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

1paid claims since 2004

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Will County.

Disasters that hit Peotone

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PeotoneDeclared for Will County only

2024

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

5 households applied for aid $750 aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $12K aid approved

Will County has had 17 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. Peotone 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 Peotone’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Peotone. 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.

Peotone, IL natural hazards

How exposed is Peotone?

What Peotone faces

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Peotone flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Storms and Flooding

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