Storms, floods and disasters in Aroma Park
Aroma Park isn’t graded for hazard risk: Aroma Park has 655 residents; we grade towns of 1,000 or more. Flood insurance has paid 39 claims here since 1979.
What Aroma Park faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
Does Aroma Park flood? Sometimes: 39 flood claims since 1979
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Aroma Park, from FEMA’s records.
- The Early winter storms1 claim · $10K
Aroma Park isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Kankakee County.2 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Aroma Park
Disasters that paid out in Aroma Park itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Aroma Park), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2000Illinois Winter Snow Storms$805 to the Village of Aroma Park for repairs
- 1999Il-winter Storm 1/1/99$2K to the Village of Aroma Park for repairs
Kankakee County has had 4 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often winter storms, then severe storms. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Aroma Park
Does Aroma Park flood?
Flood insurance has paid 39 claims in Aroma Park since 1979, $1.0M in all. 10 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Early winter storms (1).
Is Aroma Park in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Kankakee County, 14% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.8% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Aroma Park?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Aroma Park’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Aroma Park?
By FEMA money that reached Aroma Park, Il-winter Storm 1/1/99 (1999): $2K to the Village of Aroma Park for repairs. By flood claims, Early winter storms: 1 paid, $10K.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Aroma Park.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Aroma Park’s residents lived in the 2020 census; 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. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.