Natural hazards · Preston

Preston, IL natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Preston?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Preston to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding44%Earthquakes24%Drought8%Tornadoes8%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Preston faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

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

Drought

8% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Preston flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Richland County.

Disasters that hit Preston

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into PrestonDeclared for Richland County only

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

Around Preston

Preston and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ste. Mariemostly inland floodingHigh

Foxmostly inland floodingHigh

West Libertymostly inland floodingHigh

Prestonmostly inland floodingHigh

Germanmostly inland floodingHigh

Denvermostly inland floodingHigh

Olneymostly earthquakesModerate

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. Preston covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Preston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Preston. 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 Preston total about $3.7M 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.