Natural hazards · Shaws Point

Shaws Point, IL natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Shaws Point to be higher than in 43% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding32%Earthquakes30%Tornadoes10%Cold waves9%Strong wind6%Heat waves6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Shaws Point faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

30% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 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 Shaws Point flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Macoupin County.

Disasters that hit Shaws Point

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Shaws Point itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Shaws Point.

Brought FEMA money into Shaws PointDeclared for Macoupin County only

2002

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Shaws Point for repairs

Macoupin County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

Around Shaws Point

Shaws Point and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Zanesvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Carlinvillemostly inland floodingModerate

Shaws Pointmostly inland floodingModerate

Honey Pointmostly inland floodingModerate

Nilwoodmostly 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. Shaws Point covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Shaws Point’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Shaws Point. 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 Shaws Point total about $4.0M 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.