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Rockbridge, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Rockbridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Rockbridge?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Rockbridge to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding25%Cold waves18%Drought13%Strong wind12%Heat waves11%Tornadoes10%Everything else12%
By hazard

What Rockbridge faces

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

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 54% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

11% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Rockbridge flood?

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

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

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RockbridgeDeclared for Greene County only
2019

Severe Storms and Flooding

$34K to the Village of Rockbridge for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Village of Rockbridge for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Village of Rockbridge for repairs
Greene County has had 16 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. Rockbridge 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 Rockbridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Rockbridge. 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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