Natural hazards · Ainsworth

Ainsworth, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ainsworth comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Ainsworth?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ainsworth to be higher than in 25% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and drought.

Cold waves20%Drought20%Inland flooding18%Hail18%Tornadoes10%Strong wind5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Ainsworth faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

20% of expected damage

Recorded about 42 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 17% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Ainsworth flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Ainsworth.

Disasters that hit Ainsworth

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Ainsworth itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the City of Ainsworth.

Brought FEMA money into AinsworthDeclared for Brown County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$572K to the City of Ainsworth for repairs

Brown County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Ainsworth is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Ainsworth’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Ainsworth. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); 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. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.