Natural hazards · Rantoul

Rantoul, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rantoul comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Rantoul?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rantoul to be higher than in 39% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves25%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes8%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Rantoul faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 49% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Rantoul flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Champaign County.

Disasters that hit Rantoul

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RantoulDeclared for Champaign County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

11 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$22K to the Village of Rantoul for repairs

Champaign County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often tornadoes and severe storms.

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. Rantoul covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Rantoul’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Rantoul. 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 Rantoul total about $3.2M 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.