Natural hazards · Ayr

Ayr, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ayr comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Ayr?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Ayr to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail50%Drought17%Inland flooding11%Strong wind11%Tornadoes7%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Ayr faces

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

Hail

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 40 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% 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 Ayr flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Ayr

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AyrDeclared for Adams County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$51K to the Village of Ayr for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Adams County has had 16 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. Ayr 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 Ayr’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Ayr. 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.

Ayr, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Ayr?

What Ayr faces

Hail

Drought

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Ayr flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

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