Hazard Plain Automated baseline

Saline County, IL

Risk-assessment baseline packet

County FIPS:
17165
Release:
2026-10
Data as of:
2026-09-30
Storm Events data through:
2026-06-30

Hazard Plain is an independent product built from public federal data. It is not a FEMA document and is not reviewed or endorsed by FEMA or any state agency.

Hazard Plain release 2026-10, as of 2026-09-30.

Summary

Plan status as of 2026-09-30: Approved, expires 2026-10-31. Plan: Saline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027), approved 2021-11-01.

Since the plan was approved on 2021-11-01: no new hazard declaration and 110 NOAA Storm Events records; details under "What changed since your last plan".

Highest expected annual loss (FEMA National Risk Index, modeled total; see B1-a): Earthquake ($7,940,621 a year), Inland Flooding ($5,901,731) and Tornado ($1,703,747).

The tables that follow are organized by the items of FEMA's Local Mitigation Plan Review Tool, Element B (B1-a to B2-c); each heading says which item its tables support.

Plan clock

Status:
Approved, expires 2026-10-31
Plan:
Saline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027)
Approved:
2021-11-01
Days to expiry:
31
Update underway:
none recorded in FEMA's plan tracker

What changed since your last plan (approved 2021-11-01)

New federal declarations:
none
Storm Events records since approval:
110 records (data through 2026-06-30)
Repetitive loss now:
FMA RL 0, SRL 0 (44 CFR 77.2); any definition: 1
Repeat-flood change:
this release sets the baseline count.

Sources: 1, 2, 4, 6 (numbered list at the end)

Plan status for every jurisdiction listed in this county

Source: 1

JurisdictionTypeStatusPlanApprovedExpiresDays to expirynegative = days since expiryUpdate underwayNotes
Saline CountyCountyApproved, expires 2026-10-31Saline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027)2021-11-012026-10-3131
Carrier Mills villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleSaline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027), pending adoption here2021-11-01 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2026-10-31 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Eldorado cityCityPlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleSaline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027), pending adoption here2021-11-01 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2026-10-31 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Galatia villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleSaline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027), pending adoption here2021-11-01 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2026-10-31 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Harrisburg cityCityApproved, expires 2026-10-31Saline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027)2021-11-012026-10-3131
Muddy villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleSaline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027), pending adoption here2021-11-01 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2026-10-31 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Raleigh villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleSaline County 2021 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 106027), pending adoption here2021-11-01 by FEMA; not yet adopted here2026-10-31 once adoptedFEMA tracker shows a plan approvable pending adoptionNot yet eligible: adopt the approved plan.
Stonefort villageVillageApproved, expires 2028-07-04Williamson County 2023 Hazard Mitigation Plan (FEMA plan 108853)2023-07-052028-07-04643

State plan status and tribal plans in this state: see the state page.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-a: hazard identification

Hazards NRI does not cover (local data needed)

  • dam failure (incl. upstream dams)
  • levee failure
  • flash flood as its own subtype
  • ice jams
  • debris flows
  • erosion (riverine and coastal)
  • land subsidence and sinkholes
  • expansive soils

The 18 National Risk Index hazards, ranked by expected annual loss (EAL)

Sources: 5, 6

Rank by EALHazardNRI risk ratingEAL ratingEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL total (see note)modeled dollars per yearStorm Events records, 1996 to 2026-06-30countStorm Events coverage note
1EarthquakeRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$4,719,707n/a$3,220,914$7,940,621Storm Events does not record earthquakes.
2Inland FloodingRelatively LowRelatively Low$5,582,159$2,425$317,147$5,901,73163
3TornadoRelatively ModerateRelatively Low$803,095$1,150$899,502$1,703,74711
4Cold WaveRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$83$54,854$1,436,743$1,491,68078Includes 52 Frost/Freeze records (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition; counted in this table and in B1-d, not in the B1-e descriptor).
5Strong WindRelatively HighRelatively Moderate$816,117$130,943$397,722$1,344,783190Includes 7 High Wind and 63 Strong Wind records (NOAA non-thunderstorm wind types, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition).
6Heat WaveRelatively LowRelatively Low$21$3$992,411$992,43483
7DroughtRelatively ModerateRelatively Lown/a$306,714n/a$306,71428
8HailRelatively LowRelatively Low$216,830$2,268$9,478$228,57575
9Ice StormRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$146,632n/a$21,901$168,5336
10LightningRelatively LowRelatively Low$8,905n/a$138,929$147,8350No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
11Winter WeatherRelatively ModerateRelatively Moderate$105,419$241$24,651$130,312109
12HurricaneVery LowVery Low$21,694$7,058$108$28,8600No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
13LandslideRelatively LowVery Low$139n/a$5,062$5,2010No recorded events in Storm Events since 1996 (data through 2026-06-30).
14WildfireVery LowVery Low$1,410$11$514$1,9352

Total = buildings + agriculture + population equivalence; FEMA values each expected death (or 10 injuries) at $13.7 million (2024 dollars).

NRI risk rating combines expected annual loss with social vulnerability and community resilience; EAL rating rates expected annual loss alone. Both compare this county with all U.S. counties.

Local data needed: state and local lightning and landslide records (Storm Events records these hazards only in part).

Not applicable to this county per NRI, with no federal declaration and no Storm Events record since 1996: avalanche, coastal flooding, tsunami and volcanic activity. That is the evidence for leaving them out of the plan.

The state hazard mitigation plan also lists hazards for this county; FEMA asks the plan to explain any hazard it leaves out.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-b: hazard location

Affects the whole county (national data give no location within it): Cold Wave, Drought, Hail, Heat Wave, Ice Storm, Lightning, Strong Wind and Winter Weather.

Inland Flooding: The FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) is the required location source for flooding. See the FEMA Flood Map Service Center (https://msc.fema.gov) for this county.

Hazards that vary within the county: highest-rated census tracts

Source: 5

HazardHighest-rated census tractsNRI risk rating, score 0 to 100
Earthquaketract 9559 (Relatively High, 96.5); tract 9558 (Relatively High, 95.4); tract 9562 (Relatively High, 93.3)
Hurricanetract 9562 (Relatively Low, 52.5); tract 9559 (Very Low, 47.7); tract 9558 (Very Low, 46.8)
Landslidetract 9562 (Relatively Moderate, 97.1); tract 9557 (Relatively Low, 85.0); tract 9556 (Relatively Low, 81.9)
Tornadotract 9562 (Relatively High, 91.4); tract 9558 (Relatively High, 87.1); tract 9559 (Relatively High, 84.7)
Wildfiretract 9562 (Very Low, 68.3); tract 9561 (Very Low, 55.5); tract 9556 (Very Low, 54.0)

Up to 3 census tracts per hazard, highest National Risk Index rating first, then highest score; a tract number is the Census tract number (for example 9559 is Census Tract 9559). FEMA's Resilience Analysis and Planning Tool maps the National Risk Index for every tract: https://www.fema.gov/emergency-managers/practitioners/resilience-analysis-and-planning-tool

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-c: hazard extent

Extent: scale, observed range and worst recorded event per hazard

Sources: 6, 7

HazardScaleRecordscount and yearsObserved rangeWorst recorded eventMost damaging (when different)How it applies to jurisdictionsNote
Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chillwind chill26 records, 1996 to 2026 (26 zone-level)1 day to 24 days (median 1 day); 23 with a recorded value2000-12-12 to 2001-01-04 (2 records, 1 of them a monthly summary record), zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).
Frost/Freeze (outside NRI's Cold Wave definition)crop damage52 records, 1997 to 2024 (52 zone-level)Frost/Freeze, 2008-04-29, $10,000 crop damage (2008 dollars); NWS zone ILZ086Countywide (zone-level records).
DroughtU.S. Drought Monitor scale (D0 to D4)28 records, 1998 to 2025 (28 zone-level)8 days to 219 days (median 42 days); 11 with a recorded value219 days (about 7.2 months), 2012-05-12 to 2012-12-16, a run of 8 consecutive Storm Events drought records, zone-levelDrought, 2007-09-01, $0 property; $3,450,000 crops (zone total, 2007 dollars)Countywide (zone-level records).Storm Events enters a drought at D2 or worse east of the Rockies and D3 or worse from the Rockies west (NWS Instruction 10-1605); NRI drought counts D3 and D4 only.
EarthquakeModified Mercalli (local data)0Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hailhail size (inches)79 records, 1984 to 20260.75 in to 3.5 in (median 0.88 in); 79 with a recorded value3.5 in hail, 2019-08-06Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Harrisburg city (34 records), Galatia village (11 records), Eldorado city (8 records), Stonefort village (6 records), Raleigh village (4 records), Muddy village (2 records).
Excessive Heat, Heatheat index (in event narratives)83 records, 1997 to 2025 (83 zone-level)1 day to 14 days (median 2 days); 72 with a recorded value14 consecutive days, 1999-07-18 to 1999-07-31, zone-levelCountywide (zone-level records).Heat records from November to March (unseasonable warmth, not a heat wave) are counted but not used for the longest run.
Hurricane, Tropical Storm, Tropical DepressionSaffir-Simpson0Storm Events files every zone of a storm's episode under the storm's type; flooding from the storm is filed as Flood or Flash Flood records.
Ice StormSperry-Piltz ice scale (local data)6 records, 1997 to 2025 (6 zone-level)Ice Storm, 2025-01-05, $205,000 property; $0 crops (2025 dollars); NWS zone ILZ086Countywide (zone-level records).
Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flooddamage and flood days (flood depth: FIRM)63 records, 1996 to 2025 (2 zone-level)Flood, 2008-03-18, $16,800,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Harrisburg city (22 records), Eldorado city (9 records), Galatia village (6 records), Stonefort village (2 records), Muddy village (1 record), Raleigh village (1 record). Zone-level records (2) apply countywide.Flood depth: see the FEMA Flood Insurance Rate Map. Storm Events damage is often $0 or blank for floods, major ones included; FEMA Public Assistance by declaration (B1-d) shows which floods cost the most.
Debris Flownone (count and damage only)0
Lightningannualized frequency (the measure FEMA's Local Mitigation Planning Handbook names)0Storm Events lists lightning with damage or casualties.
High Wind and Strong Wind (outside NRI's Strong Wind definition)wind speed (kt and mph)70 records, 1996 to 2025 (70 zone-level)26 kt (30 mph) to 52 kt (60 mph) (median 39 kt (45 mph)); 65 with a recorded value52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust, High Wind, 2008-09-14; NWS zone ILZ086Countywide (zone-level records).
Thunderstorm Windwind speed (kt and mph)144 records, 1957 to 202550 kt (58 mph) to 87 kt (100 mph) (median 52 kt (60 mph)); 122 with a recorded value87 kt (100 mph), measurement type not recorded, Thunderstorm Wind, 1998-06-21Thunderstorm Wind, 2009-05-08, $4,500,000 property; $0 crops (2009 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Harrisburg city (61 records), Eldorado city (16 records), Galatia village (15 records), Raleigh village (7 records), Stonefort village (3 records), Muddy village (2 records), Carrier Mills village (1 record).
TornadoEnhanced Fujita (Fujita before Feb 2007)18 records, 1957 to 2025F/EF0 to F/EF4 (median F/EF1); 18 with a recorded valueEF4 tornado, 2012-02-29, 15.93 mi within this county, 325 yd wide, $2,000,000 property; $0 crops (2012 dollars), 8 direct deaths, 95 direct injuriesTornado, 2002-04-28, $3,500,000 property; crops not reported (2002 dollars)Event records naming jurisdictions in the plan: Galatia village (2 records), Stonefort village (2 records), Raleigh village (1 record).Before 1996 a tornado is listed once, under the county where it began, with its whole path's rating and length; from 1996 on, each county lists its own segment. Length is not used to rank tornadoes (see Methods).
Wildfireacres burned (local data)2 records, 2009 to 2012 (2 zone-level)Wildfire, 2012-06-29, $5,000 property; $0 crops (2012 dollars); NWS zone ILZ086Countywide (zone-level records).
Winter Storm, Heavy Snow, Blizzard, Lake-Effect Snow, Winter Weather, Sleetnone in data (snowfall: local data)109 records, 1996 to 2026 (109 zone-level)Winter Storm, 2008-02-11, $500,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars); NWS zone ILZ086Countywide (zone-level records).

In event narratives only (local data needed): wind chill, temperature, heat index, ice thickness, acres burned and snow depth; any physical measure of debris flow and lightning.

Storm Events records are more complete after 1996; before 1996 only Tornado (from 1950), Hail and Thunderstorm Wind (from 1955) exist. Zone-level records from zones that no NWS zone-county file places in this county (mostly before 2020) are not counted here (the Methods page explains the zone matching).

Dollars are nominal (as reported), labeled with the year; not adjusted for inflation.

A monthly summary record covers most or all of a month; it does not count days at wave conditions.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-d: previous occurrences

Federal declarations for this county: 9 declarations covering 6 separate hazard incidents counted in this packet (declarations for the same incident count once; non-natural and evacuation-only declarations are not counted).

Federal disaster declarations for this county

Sources: 1, 2, 3

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazardCounty Public Assistancefederal share obligated, nominal dollarsNotes
2020-03-262020-01-20DR-4489-ILMajor disasterCOVID-19 PandemicNon-natural, not counted$27,045.83
2020-03-132020-01-20EM-3435-ILEmergencyCOVID-19Non-natural, not countedno Public Assistance recordedsame incident as DR-4489
2011-06-072011-04-19DR-1991-ILMajor disasterSevere Storms and FloodingInland Flooding$492,268.94
2009-07-022009-05-08DR-1850-ILMajor disasterSevere Storms, Flooding, and TornadoesInland Flooding; Tornado$328,791.77
2009-03-022009-01-26DR-1826-ILMajor disasterSevere Winter StormWinter Weather$62,126.53
2005-09-072005-08-29EM-3230-ILEmergencyHurricane Katrina EvacuationHurricane: evacuation support, not a local hazard event; not countedno Public Assistance recorded
2005-02-012004-12-21EM-3199-ILEmergencyRecord/Near Record SnowWinter Weather$38,575.60
2002-05-212002-04-21DR-1416-ILMajor disasterSevere Storms, Tornadoes and FloodingTornado (primary); also designated: Inland Flooding$33,902.55
1996-05-061996-04-28DR-1112-ILMajor disasterSevere Storms and FloodingInland Floodingno Public Assistance recorded

County Public Assistance: applicants the FEMA record places in this county, including any state agencies FEMA files there; statewide rows are listed on the state page; federal share obligated, nominal dollars.

Statewide declarations

Source: 2

DeclaredIncident beganFEMA numberTypeTitleMapped hazard
1961-05-271961-05-27DR-115-ILMajor disasterFloods & TornadoesInland Flooding (primary); also designated: Tornado
1957-06-221957-06-22DR-78-ILMajor disasterFloodsInland Flooding

FEMA recorded these with designated area Statewide and no county, so they are listed on every county page in the state and not counted with county rows. Local data needed: whether each one affected this county.

Public Assistance not placed in any Illinois county: 1 row, $797,909.42; listed on the Illinois state page.

Source: 3

Previous occurrences by hazard, with explicit no-event rows

Sources: 2, 6, 7

HazardStorm Events records, all years on file(years in the Period column)Since plan approvalrecordsIn the 12 months before plan approvalrecordsLast 5 yearsrecordsDeclared incidents, all yearsseparate disastersDeclared since approvalseparate disastersPeriodStatement
Cold Wave7815515001996 to 2026-06-30Includes 52 Frost/Freeze records.
Drought28404001996 to 2026-06-30
Earthquake000000Storm Events does not record earthquakes; the USGS earthquake catalog is the source.
Hail7910010001955 to 2026-06-30
Heat Wave8319319001996 to 2026-06-30
Hurricane0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Ice Storm6101001996 to 2026-06-30
Inland Flooding63909401996 to 2026-06-30
Landslide0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Lightning0000001996 to 2026-06-30No recorded events, 1996 to 2026-06-30, NOAA NCEI Storm Events
Strong Wind21431231001955 to 2026-06-30Includes 7 High Wind and 63 Strong Wind records.
Tornado18505201950 to 2026-06-30
Wildfire2000001996 to 2026-06-30
Winter Weather10916416201996 to 2026-06-30

Notable Storm Events records

Sources: 1, 6, 7

DateEvent typeMagnitude or extentDamagenominal dollarsDeaths, injuriesdirect onlyLocationFlagsWhy listed
2025-01-05Ice Storm$205,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2025 dollars)0, 0NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-levelnew since last plan; within last 5 yearsB1-c worst recorded: Ice Storm
2019-08-06Hail3.5 in$100,000 property; $50,000 crops (2019 dollars)0, 0GALATIA to RALEIGHB1-c worst recorded: Hail
2017-05-01Flood$30,000 property; $0 crops (2017 dollars)1, 0PANKEYVILLEdeaths or injuries recorded
2012-05-12Drought$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2012 dollars)0, 0NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Drought
2012-02-29TornadoEF4, 15.93 mi within this county, 325 yd wide$2,000,000 property; $0 crops (2012 dollars)8, 95CARRIERS MILLS to BROOKLYNdeaths or injuries recorded
2010-08-09Excessive Heat$0 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2010 dollars)0, 3NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-leveldeaths or injuries recorded
2008-09-14High Wind52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust$500,000 property; $0 crops (zone total, 2008 dollars)0, 0NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: High Wind and Strong Wind
2008-04-29Frost/Freeze$0 property; $10,000 crops (zone total, 2008 dollars)0, 0NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Frost/Freeze
2008-03-18Flood$16,800,000 property; $0 crops (2008 dollars)0, 0GALATIA to ELDORADOB1-c worst recorded: Flash Flood, Flood, Lakeshore Flood
2000-12-12Extreme Cold/Wind Chilldamage not reported0, 0NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Cold/Wind Chill, Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
1999-07-18Heatdamage not reported0, 0NWS zone ILZ086 (SALINE), zone-levelB1-c worst recorded: Excessive Heat, Heat
1998-06-21Thunderstorm Wind87 kt (100 mph), measurement type not recorded$100,000 property; crops not reported (1998 dollars)0, 0HARRISBURGB1-c worst recorded: Thunderstorm Wind

The full list is in the Excel file, sheet "B1-d Storm Events history" (680 rows).

Location is the place NOAA recorded, as written in its data; it need not be a jurisdiction in this plan.

Local data needed: state-declared emergencies, from your state emergency management agency (federal data do not include them).

FEMA's declaration data list no tribal or special-area declarations for this state.

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-e: probability of future events

Probability: FEMA annualized frequency and descriptor per hazard

Sources: 5, 6

HazardFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)unit per rowUnitIn plain termsDescriptorDescriptor basisNRI events or days in its record period (hail, wind and tornado are area-weighted, so can be fractional)NRI periodLocationNote
Cold Wave1.16event-days per yearabout 1.16 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 15 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (50%)222005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Drought3.05event-days per yearabout 3.05 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 9 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (30%)772000 to 2025 (25.25 years; D3 and D4 only)countywide
Earthquake0.00833annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county has at least minor-damage shaking in a year: 0.833%not shownmodeledsee B1-fNo descriptor (Storm Events does not record earthquakes).
Hail3.08events per yearabout 3.08 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)116.9 (modeled)1986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Heat Wave9.68event-days per yearabout 9.68 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 26 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (86.7%)1302005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide
Hurricane0.0191events per yearabout 1 in 52 yearsPossibleFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)61851 to 2024 (Atlantic)see B1-fNRI counts hurricane and tropical storm tracks passing within storm-force wind range; federal declarations are in B1-d.
Ice Storm0.819event-days per yearabout 0.819 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 5 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (16.7%)561946-12-31 to 2014-02-12 (67 years)countywide
Inland Flooding1.82event-days per yearabout 1.82 days per yearLikelyStorm Events event-days in 23 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (76.7%)511996 to 2023 (28 years)see B1-f
Landslide0.334events per year (modeled)about 1 in 3 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Lightning52.5days per year with a strikeabout 52.5 days per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1995 to 2023 (29 years; CONUS)countywide
Strong Wind4.12events per yearabout 4.12 per yearHighly likelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)1571986 to 2023 (38 years)countywide
Tornado0.311events per yearabout 1 in 3 yearsLikelyFEMA annualized frequency (modeled)not shown1950 to 2023 (EF2+); 1986 to 2023 (EF0-1)see B1-f
Wildfire0.000229annual probability at a locationchance a given location in the county burns in a year: 0.0229%PossibleStorm Events records in 2 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (6.67%)not shownmodeledsee B1-f
Winter Weather7.74event-days per yearabout 7.74 days per yearHighly likelyStorm Events event-days in 29 of 30 years, 1996 to 2025 (96.7%)1472005-11-12 to 2024-11-12 (19 years)countywide

FEMA annualized frequency (modeled) is the National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025) estimate of how often a hazard affects this county in a year; it is not recorded events divided by years, and its unit differs by hazard (events, event-days, or days with a lightning strike per year). For earthquake, wildfire, coastal flooding and tsunami the value is the chance (or number of events) at a location in the county, not across the county, so no "1 in N years" is given and the descriptor comes from Storm Events where it has a record (none for earthquake). The Methods page gives each hazard's method, from FEMA's National Risk Index Technical Documentation v1.20.

Where NRI gives event-days, the descriptor comes from the share of years with a Storm Events record; NRI's source records more events, so the two differ.

Descriptor scale used in this packet (defined per unit)

Sources: 5, 6

UnitDescriptorDefinition
events per yearHighly likely1 or more per year
events per yearLikelyabout once in 1 to 10 years
events per yearPossibleabout once in 10 to 100 years
events per yearUnlikelyless than once in 100 years
annual probabilityLikely10% to under 100% chance in a given year
annual probabilityPossible1% to under 10% chance in a given year
annual probabilityUnlikelyunder 1% chance in a given year
event-days (share of years)Highly likelyevent-days recorded in 90% or more of years
event-days (share of years)Likelyevent-days recorded in 10% to under 90% of years
event-days (share of years)Possibleevent-days recorded in some years but under 10% of years
lightning strike-daysHighly likelycloud-to-ground strikes on 1 or more days per year

Intensity bands: historical frequency (Storm Events)

Source: 6

HazardBandYearsEventscounty-coded recordsYears in periodEvents per yearevents / years
Hail1.00-1.99 in1996 to 202529300.967
Hail2.00 in+1996 to 20253300.1
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)50-64 kt1996 to 202596303.2
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)65 kt+1996 to 202520300.667
Thunderstorm Wind (counted as NRI Strong Wind)unmeasured or below 50 kt1996 to 20254300.133
TornadoEF0-11996 to 20256300.2
TornadoEF2-31996 to 20254300.133
TornadoEF4-51996 to 20251300.0333
Tornadounrated (EFU)1996 to 20250300

The bands show how often events of each severity were recorded in this county, to profile how severe events have been (FEMA's probability item asks for the range of intensities).

Hail smaller than 1 inch is not counted: on 2010-01-05 the National Weather Service raised its severe-hail threshold from 3/4 inch to 1 inch, so smaller reports became less common after 2009 (NWS Service Change Notice 09-52). NRI hail frequency uses a 0.75 inch threshold.

Optional: future conditions. Not a required item in the 2025 FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide; some states ask for it. The federal Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) site gives county exposure to future climate conditions (https://resilience.climate.gov/).

Supports FEMA checklist item B1-f: hazards that vary across jurisdictions

Range of census tract risk within the county

Source: 5

HazardTractsrated of allNRI risk score, 0 to 100Tracts by rating
MinMedianMax
Cold Wave9 of 974.983.890.1Relatively High 6, Relatively Moderate 3
Drought9 of 973.583.896.4Relatively Moderate 3, Relatively Low 4, Very Low 2
Earthquake9 of 987.190.096.5Relatively High 8, Relatively Moderate 1
Hail9 of 968.473.285.3Relatively Moderate 7, Relatively Low 2
Heat Wave9 of 977.485.691.2Relatively High 6, Relatively Moderate 3
Hurricane9 of 935.544.952.5Relatively Low 1, Very Low 8
Ice Storm9 of 968.884.293.6Relatively High 3, Relatively Moderate 5, Relatively Low 1
Inland Flooding9 of 938.357.095.1Relatively High 1, Relatively Moderate 5, Relatively Low 3
Landslide9 of 924.547.697.1Relatively Moderate 1, Relatively Low 2, Very Low 6
Lightning9 of 956.268.480.2Relatively High 2, Relatively Moderate 7
Strong Wind9 of 991.396.299.2Very High 4, Relatively High 5
Tornado9 of 967.277.291.4Relatively High 6, Relatively Moderate 3
Wildfire9 of 920.248.268.3Very Low 9
Winter Weather9 of 984.489.496.5Very High 1, Relatively High 8

Drought: Agriculture is all of NRI's expected annual loss for this hazard in the county, so the tract range mostly reflects where crop and livestock value is.

Rated tracts only: No Rating (score 0.0), Not Applicable and Insufficient Data tracts are counted but not used for the minimum, median and maximum.

The score ranks a tract against all U.S. tracts (100 = highest). The rating is FEMA's category for the tract's risk value, computed differently, so the two can disagree.

Frequency data for cold wave, drought, hail, heat wave, ice storm, lightning, strong wind and winter weather are county-wide or coarse (49 km grid or NWS zone), the same for every jurisdiction; the tract range mostly reflects where buildings and people are (crop and livestock value where a line above names agriculture).

Each jurisdiction (starting figures from federal data)

Sources: 1, 3, 4, 6

JurisdictionTypePlan statusRepetitive lossFMA RL and SRL (44 CFR 77.2); repeat-flood, any definitionPublic Assistance to this jurisdictionFEMA records matched by applicant name; federal share obligated, nominal dollarsEvent records naming this placeall years; since its plan
Saline CountyCountyApproved, expires 2026-10-31FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 1$125,976.920 total; 0 since its plan
Carrier Mills villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0no Public Assistance recorded1 total; no approved plan
Eldorado cityCityPlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$23,071.2833 total; no approved plan
Galatia villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$169,541.2434 total; no approved plan
Harrisburg cityCityApproved, expires 2026-10-31FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$222,420.28117 total; 16 since its plan
Muddy villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0no Public Assistance recorded5 total; no approved plan
Raleigh villageVillagePlan 106027 approved 2021-11-01, pending adoption here; not yet eligibleFMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0$4,749.4913 total; no approved plan
Stonefort villageVillageApproved, expires 2028-07-04FMA RL 0, SRL 0; any 0no Public Assistance recorded13 total; 1 since its plan

Repetitive-loss counts are for whole NFIP communities, which can extend beyond this county (see the note in B2-c).

County Public Assistance in B1-d also includes applicants filed under the county that are not jurisdictions in this plan (for example state agencies, special districts and nonprofits), so the jurisdiction rows add up to less.

Supports FEMA checklist items B2-a and B2-b: vulnerability and potential impacts

Local data needed

The table below gives county-level starting figures; the plan describes impacts for each jurisdiction and its own assets.

  • Critical facilities and lifelines per hazard
  • A problem statement per jurisdiction per hazard
  • Changes in development in hazard-prone areas since the last approval, or a statement of none (E1-a)
  • Future assets

County-level starter: exposure, expected annual loss and damage since the plan

Sources: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7

HazardBuilding exposuremodeled dollarsAgriculture exposuremodeled dollarsPopulation exposedpeopleEAL buildingsmodeled dollars per yearEAL agriculturemodeled dollars per yearCost of expected deaths and injuriesFEMA's dollar value per year, not property damageEAL as % of exposurebuildings; agriculture where notedStorm Events damage since 2021-11-01county-coded records, property plus crops, nominal dollarsZone-level damage since planproperty plus crops, reported for the zonePublic Assistance since plannominal dollars; see noteNote
Cold Wave$6,006,076,171$94,741,33223,693$83$54,854$1,436,743under 0.0001%$0
Droughtn/a$71,926,035n/an/a$306,714n/a0.426% (agriculture)$0NRI has no building exposure for this hazard; agriculture shown
Earthquake$10,072,576,883n/a23,768$4,719,707n/a$3,220,9140.0469%
Hail$6,006,076,171$94,741,33223,693$216,830$2,268$9,4780.00361%$0
Heat Wave$6,006,076,171$94,741,33223,693$21$3$992,411under 0.0001%$0
Hurricane$5,996,982,915$89,552,31723,658$21,694$7,058$1080.000362%
Ice Storm$6,006,076,171n/a23,693$146,632n/a$21,9010.00244%$205,000
Inland Flooding$6,005,461,550$31,694,0091,662$5,582,159$2,425$317,147n/a (see note)$1,175,000NRI counts the full building value of any census block with some flood loss; this is not the value of buildings in the floodplain. Use local FIRM overlays for B2-a/B2-b.
Landslide$26,402,229n/a86$139n/a$5,0620.000527%
Lightning$6,006,076,171n/a23,693$8,905n/a$138,9290.000148%
Strong Wind$6,006,076,171$94,741,33223,693$816,117$130,943$397,7220.0136%$362,000$15,000Storm Events damage since the plan includes 15 zone-level Strong Wind records ($15,000): a NOAA non-thunderstorm wind type, outside NRI's Strong Wind definition.
Tornado$6,006,076,171$94,741,33223,693$803,095$1,150$899,5020.0134%$392,000
Wildfire$187,082,046$6,431,9931,548$1,410$11$5140.000754%
Winter Weather$6,006,076,171$94,741,33223,693$105,419$241$24,6510.00176%$10,000

Totals since 2021-11-01 (Storm Events through 2026-06-30): 40 county-coded records, 40 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $1,929,000; 70 zone-level records, 70 with a damage value recorded (including $0), $230,000 reported for the zone; Public Assistance: no counted declaration since the plan.

FEMA does not split Public Assistance by hazard. A declaration mapped to several hazards is listed under each of them with its full amount, so the per-hazard column does not add up to the total; the unit total counts each declaration once.

NRI computes earthquake exposure on its own basis, so it exceeds the county building value in B2-a.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-a: vulnerability (county context)

County context

Source: 5

MeasureValue
Population23,693
Building value (total, not at risk)$6,006,076,171
Agriculture value (total, not at risk)$94,741,332
NRI risk rating (all hazards)Relatively Low
Expected annual loss, buildings and agriculture, all hazards$12,927,878
Expected annual loss, population equivalence, all hazards (NRI values each statistical life at $13.7M; a modeled value of expected deaths and injuries, not property damage)$7,465,082
Social vulnerability ratingVery High
Community resilience ratingRelatively High
NRI versionDecember 2025

FEMA's all-hazard expected annual loss adds buildings, agriculture and population equivalence; this table gives the property part and the population-equivalence part as separate rows.

Social vulnerability: higher means people are more likely to be harmed and slower to recover. Community resilience: lower means the community is less able to recover. High social vulnerability and low resilience both raise the NRI risk rating.

Supports FEMA checklist item B2-c: repetitive loss properties

Repetitive loss in this county, both definitions

Sources: 1, 4

DefinitionPropertiesSevere repetitive lossProperties
Repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)0Severe repetitive loss, FMA definition (44 CFR 77.2)0
Repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition1Severe repetitive loss, NFIP insurance definition0

The state NFIP coordinator's list, the source FEMA's Handbook names, often uses the NFIP insurance definition (second row).

Repeat-flood properties: county and state-level rows

Sources: 1, 4

ScopeRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
County total0010101
of which: Saline County (unincorporated area)0010101
Statewide, no county in FEMA's file0050500

The statewide row counts properties FEMA's file gives with no county in this state; they are listed for reference and are not in this county's counts.

Repeat-flood properties by jurisdiction in the plan (NFIP community)

Sources: 1, 4

JurisdictionNFIP community IDRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
Saline County1709880010101
Carrier Mills village1707860000000
Eldorado city1705960000000
Galatia village1705970000000
Harrisburg city1705980000000
Muddy village1705990000000
Raleigh village1713200000000
Stonefort village1709700000000

Counts by occupancy group for each jurisdiction are in the Excel file, sheet "B2-c Jurisdictions".

Jurisdiction rows are whole NFIP communities and need not add up to the county total: a community that extends into another county is counted in full on each jurisdiction row, while the county table counts only its part in this county.

County repeat-flood properties by occupancy group

Sources: 1, 4

Occupancy groupRL, FMApropertiesSRL, FMApropertiesRL, NFIPpropertiesSRL, NFIPpropertiesAny categorypropertiesMitigatedpropertiesCurrently insuredproperties
single-family residential0010101
2 to 4 unit residential0000000
other residential0000000
non-residential0000000
not reported0000000

FEMA's occupancy groups have no institutional class; institutional properties are counted in non-residential or other residential in the table by occupancy group.

FMA RL and FMA SRL are the Flood Mitigation Assistance definitions (44 CFR 77.2), the ones the FEMA Local Mitigation Planning Policy Guide cites. NFIP repetitive loss (the FEMA insurance definition) is 2 or more claims over $1,000 in 10 years, and a property can leave that group once it is mitigated. Also shown: NFIP severe repetitive loss, any category, mitigated and currently insured. The Methods page gives the OpenFEMA field details.

Counts are aggregates of FEMA's public NFIP Multiple Loss Properties file (FEMA's data date 2026-08-02; file version 2026-08-04). No property is identified. County assignment is FEMA's geocode.

In this county 0 properties are FMA repetitive loss but not NFIP repetitive loss, and 1 property is NFIP repetitive loss but not FMA repetitive loss.

Exact counts; no count suppression.

Sources

Tables cite these sources by number. The full list, for the plan's bibliography (FEMA review item A4-a):

  1. FEMA, OpenFEMA HazardMitigationPlanStatuses v1, version 2026-09-29T134039Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/HazardMitigationPlanStatuses (API)
  2. FEMA, OpenFEMA DisasterDeclarationsSummaries v2, version 2026-09-29T162832Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v2/DisasterDeclarationsSummaries (API)
  3. FEMA, OpenFEMA PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries v1, version 2026-09-29T150754Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/PublicAssistanceFundedProjectsSummaries (API)
  4. FEMA, OpenFEMA NfipMultipleLossProperties v1, version 2026-08-04T164045Z, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/api/open/v1/NfipMultipleLossProperties (API)
  5. FEMA, FEMA National Risk Index 1.20.0 (December 2025), county and census tract tables, version 1.20.0, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_Counties.zip (download, 25 MB), https://www.fema.gov/about/reports-and-data/openfema/nri/v120/NRI_Table_CensusTracts.zip (download, 635 MB)
  6. NOAA NCEI, NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, details files (csvfiles v1.0), version c20260918, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/pub/data/swdi/stormevents/csvfiles/
  7. NOAA National Weather Service, NWS county-public forecast zones correlation file, version bp03mr20 to bp16ap26 (11 files; newest bp16ap26), pulled 2026-09-30, https://www.weather.gov/gis/ZoneCounty
  8. U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2024 Gazetteer, 2020 place by county, CT county-to-cousub crosswalk, version 2024-gazetteer, pulled 2026-09-30, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_counties_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_cousubs_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_place_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_unsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_elsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/2024_Gazetteer/2024_Gaz_scsd_national.zip, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/codes2020/national_place_by_county2020.txt, https://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/reference/ct_change/ct_cou_to_cousub_crosswalk.xlsx (used to match place names and codes; no table prints its values)

What this packet is and what the plan adds

This packet is the federal data for the plan's risk assessment (the summary on page 1 says how it is organized); the plan and FEMA's review decide whether each item is met.

The plan adds what only the community has: local data on assets, critical facilities, development and each jurisdiction's impacts; local hazard history, including state-declared emergencies; the mitigation strategy; and adoption.

How the federal data are built: National Risk Index values are FEMA's model, not counts of events. Storm Events is more complete from 1996; zone-level records are placed by forecast zone, not by location in the county. Public Assistance for a jurisdiction is matched by applicant name. The Methods page gives every rule and the known edge cases.

OpenFEMA disclaimer

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).

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Cite this: Hazard Plain (2026). Saline County, IL: risk-assessment baseline packet, release 2026-10 (data as of 2026-09-30; County FIPS 17165). Automated baseline. https://hazardplain.org/il/17165/ Built from FEMA OpenFEMA, the FEMA National Risk Index and NOAA NCEI Storm Events; source versions in the packet's Sources list.

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