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 very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2025. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stickney?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stickney to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves20%Tornadoes10%Heat waves6%Everything else3%

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

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 22% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% 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.

1paid claims since 2025

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20252026

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

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StickneyDeclared for Cook County only

2024

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Floodng

15 households applied for aid $47K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

161 households applied for aid $430K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

31 households applied for aid $51K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$36K to the Village of Stickney for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

141 households applied for aid $307K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$5K to the Village of Stickney for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$9K to the Village of Stickney for repairs

Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Stickney

Stickney and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Stickneymostly inland floodingVery high

Ciceromostly inland floodingHigh

Forest Viewmostly inland floodingHigh

Stickneymostly inland floodingHigh

Chicagomostly inland floodingModerate

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 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Stickney’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village 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 $4.7M 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.