Natural hazards · Pulaski

Pulaski, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pulaski comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pulaski?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pulaski to be higher than in 90% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and cold waves.

Earthquakes35%Cold waves28%Inland flooding14%Strong wind9%Tornadoes5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Pulaski faces

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

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Cold waves

28% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Pulaski flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pulaski County.

Disasters that hit Pulaski

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PulaskiDeclared for Pulaski County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

69 households applied for aid $184K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $69K aid approved

Pulaski County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Pulaski 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 Pulaski’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pulaski. 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.