Natural hazards · Pitman

Pitman, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pitman comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pitman?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pitman to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding35%Earthquakes27%Tornadoes9%Cold waves8%Drought7%Strong wind6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Pitman 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

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

27% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Pitman flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Montgomery County.

Disasters that hit Pitman

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Montgomery County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Pitman itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into PitmanDeclared for Montgomery County only

Montgomery County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often tornadoes and severe storms.

Around Pitman

Pitman and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Pitmanmostly inland floodingModerate

Bois D'Arcmostly inland floodingModerate

Harvelmostly inland floodingModerate

Farmersvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Zanesvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Nilwoodmostly 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. Pitman covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pitman’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Pitman. 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 Pitman total about $3.6M 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.