Natural hazards · Sheridan

Sheridan, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sheridan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sheridan?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sheridan to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding37%Drought19%Tornadoes11%Cold waves10%Strong wind10%Earthquakes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sheridan faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Sheridan flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

Disasters that hit Sheridan

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SheridanDeclared for Logan County only

Logan County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Sheridan

Sheridan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Corwinmostly inland floodingModerate

Sheridanmostly inland floodingModerate

West Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

Prairie Creekmostly inland floodingModerate

Mason Citymostly 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. Sheridan 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 Sheridan’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sheridan. 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.