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Natural hazards · Stickney

Stickney, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stickney comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1979.

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

How exposed is Stickney?

65
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stickney to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding53%Cold waves23%Tornadoes13%Heat waves6%Everything else5%
By hazard

What Stickney faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Stickney flood?

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

30paid claims since 1979
$323Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19792026

Biggest named events

  • Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $11K
  • Hurricane Ike: 1 claim, $3K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Stickney isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Cook County.
Disasters that hit Stickney

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into StickneyDeclared for Cook County only
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Stickney

Stickney and the towns around it

Chicago: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyons: High, mostly inland floodingStickney: Very high, mostly inland floodingBedford Park: Low, mostly inland floodingForest View: High, mostly inland floodingCicero: High, mostly inland floodingBurbank: High, mostly inland floodingSummit: High, mostly inland floodingBridgeview: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLyons: Very high, mostly inland floodingOak Lawn: Very high, mostly inland floodingWorth: Very high, mostly inland floodingLeyden: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMaine: Moderate, mostly inland floodingRosemont: Low, mostly inland floodingSchiller Park: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNiles: Moderate, mostly inland floodingCalumet: Very high, mostly inland floodingPark Ridge: Moderate, mostly inland floodingElk Grove: Moderate, mostly inland floodingNiles: Low, mostly inland floodingDes Plaines: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPalos: High, mostly inland floodingProviso: High, mostly inland floodingLa Grange: Moderate, mostly inland floodingLa Grange Park: High, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingRiverside: High, mostly inland floodingDowners Grove: Low, mostly inland floodingHodgkins: Low, mostly inland floodingJustice: Very high, mostly inland floodingBerwyn: High, mostly inland floodingBerwyn: High, mostly inland floodingMcCook: Low, mostly inland floodingHickory Hills: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPalos Hills: Very high, mostly inland floodingChicago Ridge: Very high, mostly inland floodingBrookfield: High, mostly inland floodingAlsip: High, mostly inland floodingHometown: Moderate, mostly cold wavesMerrionette Park: Very high, mostly inland floodingEvergreen Park: High, mostly inland floodingBremen: High, mostly inland floodingStickney: High, mostly inland flooding StickneyChicagoLyonsStickneyBedford ParkForest ViewCiceroBurbankSummitBridgeviewLyonsOak LawnWorth
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Oak Lawnmostly inland floodingVery high
Stickneymostly inland floodingVery high
Lyonsmostly inland floodingVery high
Worthmostly inland floodingVery high
Ciceromostly inland floodingHigh
Forest Viewmostly inland floodingHigh
Stickneymostly inland floodingHigh
Lyonsmostly inland floodingHigh
Burbankmostly inland floodingHigh
Summitmostly inland floodingHigh
Bridgeviewmostly inland floodingModerate
Chicagomostly inland floodingModerate
Bedford Parkmostly 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. Stickney covers 8 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stickney’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Stickney. 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 Stickney total about $24.0M 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.

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