Natural hazards · Taylor Ridge

Taylor Ridge, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Taylor Ridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Taylor Ridge?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Taylor Ridge to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding41%Cold waves23%Tornadoes15%Heat waves8%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Taylor Ridge faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% 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 27 years in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Taylor Ridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rock Island County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

24flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Taylor Ridge

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Taylor Ridge itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Taylor Ridge.

Brought FEMA money into Taylor RidgeDeclared for Rock Island County only

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $9K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

13 households applied for aid $61K aid approved

Rock Island County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and winter storms.

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