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Natural hazards · Robbins

Robbins, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Robbins comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 27 claims here since 1979. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Robbins?

79
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Robbins to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding61%Cold waves19%Tornadoes11%Heat waves6%Everything else3%
By hazard

What Robbins faces

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

Inland flooding

61% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Robbins flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Robbins, from FEMA’s records.

27paid claims since 1979
$171Kpaid to owners
5homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ike: 5 claims, $33K
  • Mid-spring storms: 3 claims, $39K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

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

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RobbinsDeclared for Cook County only
2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

340 households applied for aid $957K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

439 households applied for aid $1.4M aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

232 households applied for aid $388K aid approved
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

209 households applied for aid $427K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

275 households applied for aid $193K aid approved
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$4K to the Village of Robbins for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$3K to the Village of Robbins for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Robbins

Robbins and the towns around it

Crestwood: High, mostly inland floodingBlue Island: Very high, mostly inland floodingMidlothian: High, mostly inland floodingAlsip: High, mostly inland floodingCalumet Park: Very high, mostly inland floodingRiverdale: Very high, mostly inland floodingCalumet: Very high, mostly inland floodingDixmoor: Very high, mostly inland floodingChicago: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPosen: Very high, mostly inland floodingOak Forest: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMarkham: High, mostly inland floodingRobbins: High, mostly inland flooding RobbinsCrestwoodBlue IslandMidlothian
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Blue Islandmostly inland floodingVery high
Robbinsmostly inland floodingHigh
Midlothianmostly inland floodingHigh
Crestwoodmostly inland floodingHigh
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. Robbins covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Robbins’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Robbins. 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 Robbins total about $4.6M 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.

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