Natural hazards · Sciota

Sciota, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sciota comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sciota?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sciota to be higher than in 55% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and cold waves.

Drought25%Cold waves22%Inland flooding18%Strong wind13%Heat waves9%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sciota faces

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

Drought

25% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Sciota flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: McDonough County.

Disasters that hit Sciota

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SciotaDeclared for McDonough County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

McDonough County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and severe storms.

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. Sciota 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 Sciota’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Sciota. 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.