Natural hazards · West Jersey

West Jersey, IL natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is West Jersey?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in West Jersey to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding40%Drought24%Strong wind13%Tornadoes9%Cold waves7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What West Jersey faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

24% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 West Jersey flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stark County.

Disasters that hit West Jersey

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into West JerseyDeclared for Stark County only

Stark County has had 6 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often winter storms and floods.

Around West Jersey

West Jersey and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Victoriamostly inland floodingModerate

West Jerseymostly inland floodingModerate

Essexmostly inland floodingModerate

Goshenmostly inland floodingModerate

Millbrookmostly 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. West Jersey 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 West Jersey’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of West Jersey. 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.