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Natural hazards · Wythe

Wythe, IL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Wythe 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 Wythe?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding22%Cold waves21%Drought16%Heat waves16%Strong wind8%Tornadoes6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Wythe faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places
Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

16% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places
Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Wythe flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Wythe isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Hancock County.
Disasters that hit Wythe

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into WytheDeclared for Hancock County only
Hancock County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.
Around Wythe

Wythe and the towns around it

Bear Creek: Moderate, mostly cold wavesWalker: Moderate, mostly inland floodingMontebello: High, mostly inland floodingRocky Run-Wilcox: Moderate, mostly inland floodingPrairie: Very high, mostly inland floodingSt. Albans: Moderate, mostly cold wavesHarmony: Moderate, mostly cold wavesLima: Moderate, mostly inland floodingKeokuk: High, mostly inland floodingHamilton: High, mostly inland floodingSandusky: Moderate, mostly inland floodingSonora: High, mostly inland floodingWarsaw: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWarsaw: Moderate, mostly inland floodingWythe: Moderate, mostly inland flooding WytheBear CreekWalkerMontebelloRocky Run-Wilcox
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Montebellomostly inland floodingHigh
Wythemostly inland floodingModerate
Walkermostly inland floodingModerate
Rocky Run-Wilcoxmostly inland floodingModerate
Bear Creekmostly cold wavesModerate
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. Wythe 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 Wythe’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Wythe. 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.

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