Natural hazards · Sandoval

Sandoval, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sandoval comes from inland flooding, 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 Sandoval?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sandoval to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding36%Earthquakes34%Cold waves8%Tornadoes7%Strong wind6%Heat waves6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Sandoval faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 77 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year 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 Sandoval flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marion County.

Disasters that hit Sandoval

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SandovalDeclared for Marion County only

Marion County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Sandoval

Sandoval and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Meridianmostly inland floodingVery high

Brooksidemostly inland floodingHigh

Sandovalmostly inland floodingHigh

Centraliamostly earthquakesHigh

Odinmostly inland floodingHigh

Carriganmostly earthquakesModerate

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. Sandoval covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Sandoval’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sandoval. 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 Sandoval total about $1.6M 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.