Natural hazards · Avoca

Avoca, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Avoca comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Avoca?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Avoca to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes19%Hail12%Drought7%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Avoca faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 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 Avoca flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Avoca, from FEMA’s records.

1paid claims since 2010

$81Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Avoca

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AvocaDeclared for Cass County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$52K to the Village of Avoca for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$3K to the Village of Avoca for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $212 aid approved $10K to the Village of Avoca for repairs

Cass County has had 24 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. Avoca 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 Avoca’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Avoca. 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.