Natural hazards · Stillman Valley

Stillman Valley, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stillman Valley comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stillman Valley?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stillman Valley to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding55%Cold waves16%Tornadoes15%Hail5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Stillman Valley faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 39 years in the area

Hail

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Stillman Valley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ogle County.

Disasters that hit Stillman Valley

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Stillman ValleyDeclared for Ogle County only

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$4K to the Village of Stillman Valley for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$3K to the Village of Stillman Valley for repairs

2006

Snow

$3K to the Village of Stillman Valley for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$2K to the Village of Stillman Valley for repairs

Ogle County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter 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. Stillman Valley 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 Stillman Valley’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Stillman Valley. 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.