Natural hazards · South Ross

South Ross, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in South Ross comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 1996.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is South Ross?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in South Ross to be higher than in 59% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves17%Drought9%Tornadoes8%Earthquakes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What South Ross faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Earthquakes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 South Ross flood?

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

5paid claims since 1996

$65Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

Biggest named events

Early winter storms: 1 claim, $8K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Vermilion County.

Disasters that hit South Ross

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into South RossDeclared for Vermilion County only

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

Around South Ross

South Ross and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

South Rossmostly inland floodingModerate

Rossmostly inland floodingModerate

Middleforkmostly inland floodingModerate

Blountmostly inland floodingModerate

Newellmostly inland floodingLow

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. South Ross covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to South Ross’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of South Ross. 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 South Ross total about $2.8M 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.