Natural hazards · Prairieton

Prairieton, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Prairieton 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 Prairieton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding34%Drought19%Earthquakes17%Cold waves15%Tornadoes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Prairieton faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

17% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Prairieton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Christian County.

Disasters that hit Prairieton

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrairietonDeclared for Christian County only

Christian County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

Around Prairieton

Prairieton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Moweaquamostly inland floodingHigh

Flat Branchmostly inland floodingHigh

Prairietonmostly inland floodingModerate

Maymostly inland floodingModerate

Pleasant Viewmostly inland floodingModerate

Assumptionmostly 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. Prairieton 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 Prairieton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Prairieton. 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.