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Natural hazards · Schiller Park

Schiller Park, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Schiller Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 126 claims here since 1980. 9 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Schiller Park?

43
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Schiller Park to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves28%Tornadoes14%Heat waves8%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Schiller Park faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

28% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 77% 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 Schiller Park flood?

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

126paid claims since 1980
$1.2Mpaid to owners
25homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Hurricane Ike: 32 claims, $415K
  • Mid-spring storms: 11 claims, $123K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (6) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Schiller Park 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 Schiller Park

9 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Schiller ParkDeclared for Cook County only
2024

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

6 households applied for aid $28K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

27 households applied for aid $67K aid approved
2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

144 households applied for aid $238K aid approved
2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$76K to the Village of Schiller Park for repairs
2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

60 households applied for aid $174K aid approved
2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

110 households applied for aid $321K aid approved $49K to the Village of Schiller Park for repairs
2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Village of Schiller Park for repairs
2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$17K to the Village of Schiller Park for repairs
1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$13K to the Village of Schiller Park for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Schiller Park

Schiller Park and the towns around it

Leyden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingChicago: Moderate, mostly inland floodingFranklin Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRosemont: Low, mostly inland floodingNorridge: Low, mostly cold wavesMaine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingProviso: High, mostly inland floodingPark Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElmwood Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingDes Plaines: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNorwood Park: Low, mostly inland floodingAddison: Low, mostly inland floodingWorth: Very high, mostly inland floodingNiles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingStickney: High, mostly inland floodingCalumet: Very high, mostly inland floodingElk Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNiles: Low, mostly inland floodingNorthlake: High, mostly inland floodingMelrose Park: High, mostly inland floodingRiver Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingBensenville: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSchiller Park: Moderate, mostly inland flooding Schiller ParkLeydenChicagoFranklin Park
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Franklin Parkmostly inland floodingModerate
Leydenmostly inland floodingModerate
Chicagomostly inland floodingModerate
Schiller Parkmostly inland floodingModerate
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. Schiller Park covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Schiller Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Schiller Park. 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 Schiller Park total about $5.6M 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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