Natural hazards · Sunnyland

Sunnyland, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Sunnyland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Sunnyland?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Sunnyland to be higher than in 19% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding53%Tornadoes20%Cold waves18%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Sunnyland 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

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce 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 Sunnyland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Will County.

Disasters that hit Sunnyland

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into SunnylandDeclared for Will County only

Will County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Sunnyland

Sunnyland and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Jolietmostly inland floodingModerate

Sunnylandmostly inland floodingVery low

Crest Hillmostly inland floodingVery low

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