Natural hazards · Ash Grove

Ash Grove, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ash Grove comes from hail, and overall the risk is very high 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 Ash Grove?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ash Grove to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and strong winds.

Hail34%Strong wind25%Inland flooding15%Drought13%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Ash Grove faces

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

Hail

34% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Strong wind

25% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 42 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Ash Grove flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Ash Grove isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Franklin County.

Disasters that hit Ash Grove

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Ash Grove itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Township of Ash Grove.

Brought FEMA money into Ash GroveDeclared for Franklin County only

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the Township of Ash Grove for repairs

Franklin County has had 8 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Ash Grove

Ash Grove and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ash Grovemostly hailVery high

East Bloomingtonmostly hailVery high

Turkey Creekmostly hailVery high

Maconmostly hailHigh

Lincolnmostly hailHigh

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. Ash Grove 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 Ash Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Ash Grove. 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.