Photo: Payton Chung from DCA, USA · CC BY 2.0FEMA expects more hazard damage per building in Glenview than in 68% of U.S. towns, mostly from river and rain flooding
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Glenview gets a C for hazard risk: higher expected damage per building than 68% of U.S. towns, #528 of 768 in Illinois. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (90%). Flood insurance has paid 225 claims here since 1978.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What stands out about Glenview’s natural hazards
From FEMA’s model and FEMA’s records, below.
What Glenview 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
Tornadoes
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.
What’s behind Glenview’s grade
River and rain flooding is 90% of the building damage FEMA expects in Glenview, and Glenview’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is higher than 82% of U.S. census tracts. Next is tornadoes at 8% (higher than 76% of U.S. census tracts).
C #528 of 768 in Illinois; higher expected damage per building than 68% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Glenview’s residents live in 19 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
The typical Illinois town has higher expected damage than 54% of U.S. towns; within the state, Glenview has more expected damage per building than 69% of Illinois towns.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $31.9M a year in losses across Glenview: $21.1M to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Glenview flood? Yes: 225 flood claims since 1978
Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Glenview, from FEMA’s records: 11.7 per 1,000 homes, more than 76% of the 13,809 U.S. towns with a flood insurance record.
- Hurricane Ike46 claims · $3.4M
- The Mid-spring storms35 claims · $1.8M
Glenview is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5) for its flood-proofing work.
Insurance rates: Cook County.9 federal disasters brought FEMA money to Glenview
Disasters that paid out in Glenview itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Village of Glenview), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2023Severe Storms and Flooding3 households applied for aid$9K aid approved
- 2023Severe Storms and Flooding17 households applied for aid$62K aid approved
- 2013Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding257 households applied for aid$689K aid approved48 flood claims paid that year
- 2011Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm$149K to the Village of Glenview for repairs10 flood claims paid that year
- 2010Severe Storms and Flooding22 households applied for aid$30K aid approved3 flood claims paid that year
- 2008Severe Storms and Flooding219 households applied for aid$663K aid approved$201K to the Village of Glenview for repairs47 flood claims paid that year
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- 2007Severe Storms and Flooding$1.1M to the Village of Glenview for repairs5 flood claims paid that year
- 2000Illinois Winter Snow Storms$40K to the Village of Glenview for repairs
- 1999Il-winter Storm 1/1/99$70K to the Village of Glenview for repairs
Cook County has had 21 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Glenview is 9th of the 10 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niles | Bless damage than 62% | river and rain flooding | 58 |
| Skokie | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 240 |
| Northfield Township | B−more damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | 333 |
| Northbrook | B−more damage than 55% | river and rain flooding | 80 |
| Northfield | C+more damage than 60% | river and rain flooding | 135 |
| Des Plaines | C+more damage than 61% | river and rain flooding | 1,221 |
| Wilmette | C+more damage than 63% | river and rain flooding | 95 |
| Morton Grove | C+more damage than 64% | river and rain flooding | 30 |
| Glenview | Cmore damage than 68% | river and rain flooding | 225 |
| Prospect Heights | Cmore damage than 69% | river and rain flooding | 71 |
| Golf | — | 518 residents; we grade 1,000+ | |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Glenview faces
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.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- 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.
- Glenview residents get 25% off flood insurance.
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Questions about natural hazards in Glenview
Is Glenview at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Glenview has higher expected damage per building than 68% of U.S. towns: C for hazard risk, #528 of 768 in Illinois. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (90%) and tornadoes (8%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Does Glenview flood?
Flood insurance has paid 225 claims in Glenview since 1978, $6.2M in all, or 11.7 per 1,000 homes, more than 76% of U.S. towns with a flood insurance record. 32 properties have flooded more than once. The most claims came from Hurricane Ike (46).
Is Glenview 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 Cook County, 32% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.5% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Glenview?
Glenview is in FEMA’s Community Rating System (class 5), which takes 25% off federal flood insurance policies for its flood-proofing work. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Glenview?
By FEMA money that reached Glenview, Severe Storms and Flooding (2007): $1.1M to the Village of Glenview for repairs. By flood claims, Hurricane Ike: 46 paid, $3.4M.
Is Glenview at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (90%), and Glenview’s rate for it is higher than 82% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Glenview.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Glenview’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.