Natural hazards · Tinley Park

Tinley Park, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tinley Park comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 37 claims here since 1978. 10 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tinley Park?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tinley Park to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding50%Cold waves24%Tornadoes16%Heat waves6%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Tinley Park faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Cold waves

24% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 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 Tinley Park flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Tinley Park, from FEMA’s records.

37paid claims since 1978

$113Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Hurricane Ike: 2 claims, $12K
Mid-spring storms: 2 claims, $17K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

🏷️ 20% off flood insurance. Tinley Park is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 6) for its flood-proofing work.

Insurance rates: Cook County.

Disasters that hit Tinley Park

10 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Tinley ParkDeclared for Cook County only

2024

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

122 households applied for aid $236K aid approved

2023

Severe Storms and Flooding

177 households applied for aid $173K aid approved

2013

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

63 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$57K to the Village of Tinley Park for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

68 households applied for aid $98K aid approved

2008

Severe Storms and Flooding

45 households applied for aid $38K aid approved $23K to the Village of Tinley Park for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

$86K to the Village of Tinley Park for repairs

2005

Hurricane Katrina Evacuation

$14K to the Village of Tinley Park for repairs

2000

Illinois Winter Snow Storms

$38K to the Village of Tinley Park for repairs

1999

Il-Winter Storm 1/1/99

$19K to the Village of Tinley Park for repairs

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

Around Tinley Park

Tinley Park and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bremenmostly inland floodingHigh

Frankfortmostly inland floodingModerate

Richmostly inland floodingModerate

Tinley Parkmostly inland floodingModerate

Frankfort Squaremostly inland floodingModerate

Orland Parkmostly inland floodingLow

Mokenamostly 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. Tinley Park covers 7 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Tinley Park’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Tinley Park. 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 Tinley Park total about $15.0M 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.