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Natural hazards · Persifer

Persifer, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Persifer comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Persifer?

60
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Persifer to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding33%Strong wind18%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Heat waves7%Drought6%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Persifer faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Persifer flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Persifer isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Knox County.
Disasters that hit Persifer

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PersiferDeclared for Knox County only
2006

Snow

$6K to the Township of Persifer for repairs
Knox County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.
Around Persifer

Persifer and the towns around it

Truro: High, mostly inland floodingKnox: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCopley: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHaw Creek: High, mostly inland floodingOrange: High, mostly inland floodingMillbrook: Low, mostly inland floodingElba: High, mostly inland floodingVictoria: Moderate, mostly inland floodingGalesburg: High, mostly inland floodingGalesburg City: High, mostly inland floodingGalesburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingEast Galesburg: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKnoxville: Low, mostly inland floodingSparta: High, mostly inland floodingWalnut Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMaquon: High, mostly inland floodingCedar: High, mostly inland floodingChestnut: High, mostly inland floodingPersifer: High, mostly inland flooding PersiferTruroKnoxCopleyHaw CreekOrange
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Orangemostly inland floodingHigh
Persifermostly inland floodingHigh
Truromostly inland floodingHigh
Haw Creekmostly inland floodingHigh
Copleymostly inland floodingModerate
Knoxmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Persifer 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 Persifer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Persifer. 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.

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