Natural hazards · Sidney

Sidney, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sidney 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 Sidney?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sidney to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding48%Drought18%Cold waves15%Tornadoes9%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Sidney faces

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

Inland flooding

48% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Sidney flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Champaign County.

Disasters that hit Sidney

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SidneyDeclared for Champaign County only

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

Around Sidney

Sidney and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Josephmostly inland floodingVery high

Sidneymostly inland floodingHigh

Raymondmostly inland floodingHigh

South Homermostly inland floodingHigh

Philomostly 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. Sidney 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 Sidney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Sidney. 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.