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Natural hazards · Pittsfield

Pittsfield, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pittsfield comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1979. 6 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Pittsfield?

48
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pittsfield to be higher than in 48% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding27%Cold waves21%Heat waves20%Tornadoes11%Strong wind7%Earthquakes6%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Pittsfield faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

20% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Pittsfield flood?

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

2paid claims since 1979
$5Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Pittsfield isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Pike County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1flood-prone homes bought out and moved
Disasters that hit Pittsfield

6 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PittsfieldDeclared for Pike County only
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

$26K to the City of Pittsfield for repairs
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $23K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$10K to the City of Pittsfield for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$22K to the City of Pittsfield for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$6K to the City of Pittsfield for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$7K to the City of Pittsfield for repairs
Pike County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Pittsfield

Pittsfield and the towns around it

Pittsfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNewburg: Very high, mostly inland floodingNew Salem: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDerry: Very high, mostly inland floodingMartinsburg: Very high, mostly inland floodingAtlas: Very high, mostly inland floodingGriggsville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingHardin: Very high, mostly inland floodingDetroit: Very high, mostly inland floodingFlint: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPittsfield: Moderate, mostly inland flooding PittsfieldPittsfieldNewburg
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Newburgmostly inland floodingVery high
Pittsfieldmostly inland floodingModerate
Pittsfieldmostly 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. Pittsfield covers 1 census tract, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Pittsfield’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pittsfield. 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 Pittsfield total about $1.9M 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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