Natural hazards · Six Mile

Six Mile, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Six Mile comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2011.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Six Mile?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Six Mile to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes37%Inland flooding26%Cold waves16%Tornadoes8%Heat waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Six Mile faces

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

Earthquakes

37% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 29 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Six Mile flood?

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

1paid claims since 2011

$14Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $14K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Six Mile

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into Six MileDeclared for Franklin County only

Franklin County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Six Mile

Six Mile and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Elkmostly earthquakesVery high

Six Milemostly earthquakesHigh

Denningmostly earthquakesHigh

Tyronemostly earthquakesHigh

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. Six Mile covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Six Mile’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Six Mile. 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 Six Mile total about $3.1M 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.