Natural hazards · Radom

Radom, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Radom comes from earthquakes, 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 Radom?

71
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Radom to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes28%Inland flooding26%Heat waves17%Cold waves8%Strong wind7%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%
By hazard

What Radom faces

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

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Heat waves

17% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places
Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

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 Radom flood?

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

of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Radom isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Washington County.
Disasters that hit Radom

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into RadomDeclared for Washington County only
Washington County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Radom 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 Radom’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Radom. 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.

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