Natural hazards · Steeleville

Steeleville, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Steeleville comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Steeleville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Steeleville to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes44%Inland flooding22%Tornadoes10%Heat waves7%Cold waves7%Strong wind6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Steeleville faces

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

Earthquakes

44% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 47 years in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 19% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Steeleville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Randolph County.

Disasters that hit Steeleville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SteelevilleDeclared for Randolph County only

2011

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $593 aid approved

Randolph County has had 15 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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. Steeleville 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 Steeleville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Steeleville. 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.