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Natural hazards · Romeoville

Romeoville, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Romeoville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1979. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Romeoville?

14
Very low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Romeoville to be higher than in 14% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding41%Tornadoes26%Cold waves25%Everything else8%
By hazard

What Romeoville 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 26% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

25% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Romeoville flood?

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

6paid claims since 1979
$48Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $1K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Romeoville isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Will County.
Disasters that hit Romeoville

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RomeovilleDeclared for Will County only
2024

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

113 households applied for aid $147K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

4 households applied for aid
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

54 households applied for aid $123K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$75K to the Village of Romeoville for repairs
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

26 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $203 aid approved
2004

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid $696 aid approved
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$28K to the Village of Romeoville for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$21K to the Village of Romeoville for repairs
Will County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Romeoville

Romeoville and the towns around it

Bolingbrook: Low, mostly inland floodingWoodridge: Low, mostly inland floodingCrest Hill: Very low, mostly inland floodingLemont: Low, mostly inland floodingNaperville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPlainfield: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDu Page: Very low, mostly inland floodingLisle: Low, mostly inland floodingDarien: Low, mostly inland floodingDowners Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingLisle: Low, mostly inland floodingDowners Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingLemont: Low, mostly inland floodingJoliet: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSunnyland: Very low, mostly inland floodingCrystal Lawns: High, mostly inland floodingPalos Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWillow Springs: High, mostly inland floodingRomeoville: Very low, mostly inland flooding RomeovilleBolingbrookWoodridgeCrest HillLemont
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Lemontmostly inland floodingLow
Woodridgemostly inland floodingLow
Bolingbrookmostly inland floodingLow
Romeovillemostly inland floodingVery low
Crest Hillmostly inland floodingVery low
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. Romeoville covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Romeoville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Romeoville. 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 Romeoville total about $14.2M 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.

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