Natural hazards · Taylor

Taylor, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Taylor comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Taylor?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Taylor to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes11%Cold waves9%Hail5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Taylor faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year 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 Taylor flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Taylor 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 Taylor

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TaylorDeclared for Ogle County only

2008

Record Snow and Near Record Snow

$4K to the Township of Taylor for repairs

Ogle County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around Taylor

Taylor and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nachusamostly inland floodingHigh

Franklin Grovemostly inland floodingHigh

Oregon-Nashuamostly inland floodingHigh

Taylormostly inland floodingModerate

Lafayettemostly inland floodingModerate

Dixonmostly inland floodingModerate

Ashtonmostly inland floodingModerate

Grand Detourmostly 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. Taylor 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’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Taylor. 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.