Natural hazards · Will

Will, IL natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Will?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Will to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding66%Cold waves16%Tornadoes14%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Will faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 39 years 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 Will flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Will 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 Will

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WillDeclared for Will County only

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

Around Will

Will and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Peotonemostly inland floodingHigh

Willmostly inland floodingHigh

Moneemostly inland floodingModerate

Washingtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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. Will covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Will’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Will. 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 Will total about $1.2M 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.