Flood risk in Nebraska
FEMA NFIP historical claims and active policies aggregated by county. Pick a county to see total paid, average claim amount, and active policy count.
Counties with claims
53
of 70 reporting
Total NFIP claims
1,321
Total claims paid
$33,733,074
Active policies
1,317
Highest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units. Higher means a larger share of homes have a documented claim on file.
- 1.Dodge County15.59 / 1k
- 2.Cass County13.15 / 1k
- 3.Burt County10.75 / 1k
- 4.Saline County10.12 / 1k
- 5.Boyd County9.91 / 1k
- 6.Colfax County7.47 / 1k
- 7.Dakota County6.41 / 1k
- 8.Richardson County6.13 / 1k
- 9.Washington County5.10 / 1k
- 10.Cuming County4.31 / 1k
Lowest flood risk counties
Claims per 1,000 housing units, restricted to counties of at least 25,000 residents.
- 1.Adams County0.31 / 1k
- 2.Hall County0.46 / 1k
- 3.Douglas County0.79 / 1k
- 4.Lancaster County0.81 / 1k
- 5.Lincoln County0.90 / 1k
- 6.Madison County1.00 / 1k
- 7.Scotts Bluff County1.12 / 1k
- 8.Platte County1.20 / 1k
- 9.Buffalo County1.33 / 1k
- 10.Sarpy County2.31 / 1k
Counties by historical claims
Sorted by total claims, highest first. Historical totals do not capture uninsured properties or future climate shifts.
- County228 claims · high
- County182 claims · low
- County164 claims · moderate
- County136 claims · high
- County105 claims · low
- County52 claims · high
- County46 claims · moderate
- County42 claims · moderate
- County31 claims · moderate
- County30 claims · high
- County27 claims · moderate
- County26 claims · moderate
- County23 claims · moderate
- County22 claims · moderate
- County17 claims · moderate
- County16 claims · moderate
- County16 claims · moderate
- County14 claims · low
- County13 claims · low
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- County11 claims · low
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How to read this
Historical claims show where NFIP-insured properties have actually filed. They under-count uninsured properties and don't forecast future risk from climate, upstream development, or new mitigation projects. For parcel-specific flood-zone designations, use FEMA's Map Service Center.
Data sources
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