Natural hazards · St. Albans

St. Albans, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in St. Albans comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is St. Albans?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in St. Albans to be higher than in 52% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and drought.

Cold waves22%Drought20%Inland flooding18%Heat waves14%Strong wind9%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What St. Albans faces

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

Cold waves

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 St. Albans flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Hancock County.

Disasters that hit St. Albans

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into St. AlbansDeclared for Hancock County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$6K to the Township of St. Albans for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$2K to the Township of St. Albans for repairs

Hancock County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around St. Albans

St. Albans and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Walkermostly inland floodingModerate

Keenemostly inland floodingModerate

Limamostly inland floodingModerate

St. Albansmostly cold wavesModerate

Bear Creekmostly cold wavesModerate

Chilimostly cold wavesModerate

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