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Resilience Dossier

Crawford CountyIllinois · IL

67
/ 100excellent
Composite scale0 ─ 100
67
CriticalExcellent
State rank
#19IL
National rank
#66/ 3,436
Population
18,67816.3/km²
FIPS 17033│AREA 1,149 km²│LAT 39.0028 · LON -87.7606
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Geospatial

39.00°N, 87.76°W
Map of Crawford County, IL
Target ▸ Crawford County
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Analyst Brief

Voice ▸ Stratfor

▌Crawford County is a county in Illinois, with a population of 18,678, covering 1,149 square kilometers. Population density is 16.3 people per square kilometer. On the Scout composite resilience index, Crawford County scores 67 out of 100, ranked #19 in IL and #66 of 3,436 regions. The five-year average temperature anomaly versus the 20th-century baseline is 2.2 degrees Fahrenheit. Counties above 2.6 degrees fall inside the climate tipping-point band. The FEMA National Risk Index composite hazard score is 53 out of 100. Annual precipitation averages 45.1 inches. Net IRS migration in the most recent tax year was -1.0 per 1,000 residents. USDA classifies the county as Rural-Urban Continuum Code 6 (1 = metropolitan core, 9 = completely rural).

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Assessment Matrix

6 Dimensions
D-0142

Climate Stability

Natural hazard exposure, temperature anomaly vs. 20th-century baseline, drought, wildfire, and flood risk.

D-0270

Water & Food

Groundwater reliability, precipitation normals, growing season length, and cropland availability.

D-0364

Social Stability

Net migration, social vulnerability, and crime rates.

D-0463

Infrastructure

Solar energy potential, off-grid power viability, and proximity to nuclear facilities.

D-05100

Self-Sufficiency

Rural-urban classification, agricultural diversity, and land availability.

D-0686

Affordability

Median home value and rental costs relative to the national range. Lower cost counties score higher.

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Source Telemetry

14 Inputs
S-01Climate
FEMA NRI hazard score
52.66 /100
Temperature anomaly
2.17 °F
S-02Water
Annual precipitation
45.1 in
Soil saturation depth
1.0 ft
Growing season
204 days
S-03Social
Net migration
-1.0 /1k
Social vulnerability
0.192 /1
Crime index
19.2 /100
S-04Infrastructure
Solar irradiance
4.0 kWh/m²/d
Distance to nuclear facility
98.5 mi
S-05Self-Sufficiency
Cropland share
71.9 %
Rural-urban code
6 /9
S-06Affordability
Median home value
$108,200
Median rent
$763 /mo

Inputs marked “— —” are pending pipeline integration and currently use neutral defaults in the composite. They do not skew rankings.

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Cross-Reference

REF-A

Crawford County on the Scout map

See this county in spatial context. Compare with neighbors. Tune the composite weights to your priorities.

REF-B

Top counties in Illinois

State rollup ranking the highest- and lowest-scoring counties for resilience by composite Scout score.

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Citations

Full methodology ▸
  • FEMA-NRIFEMA National Risk Index, county composite hazard score
  • NOAA-TMPNOAA nClimDiv county temperature anomaly, 2020-2024 vs. 1901-2000 baseline
  • NOAA-PCPNOAA county precipitation normals, 1991-2020
  • IRS-MIGIRS county-to-county migration, tax year 2021-2022
  • CDC-SVICDC Social Vulnerability Index, 2022 release (RPL_THEMES)
  • USDA-RUCCUSDA Economic Research Service Rural-Urban Continuum Codes, 2023
  • NASA-PWRNASA POWER climatology, annual global horizontal irradiance (kWh/m²/day)
  • USDA-NASSUSDA NASS Census of Agriculture 2022, county cropland and total land area
  • USDA-SDMUSDA NRCS Soil Data Mart, average seasonal soil saturation depth (cm)
  • ACS-2022U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates 2022, median home value and gross rent