Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2018. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding56%Cold waves15%Drought11%Tornadoes9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Inland flooding

56% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

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

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 10 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 Stanton flood?

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

1paid claims since 2018

$23Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20182026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Stanton 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 Stanton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Champaign County only

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$6K to the Township of Stanton for repairs

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

Around Stanton

Stanton and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

St. Josephmostly inland floodingVery high

Stantonmostly inland floodingHigh

Ogdenmostly inland floodingHigh

Compromisemostly inland floodingModerate

Somermostly 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. Stanton covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stanton’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Stanton. 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 Stanton total about $2.5M 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.