Natural hazards · Blakely

Blakely, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blakely comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blakely?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blakely to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding29%Tornadoes24%Hail18%Strong wind11%Drought6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Blakely faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year 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 Blakely flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Gage County.

Disasters that hit Blakely

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlakelyDeclared for Gage County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$35K to the Township of Blakely for repairs

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$8K to the Township of Blakely for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Ice Jams, and Flooding

$1K to the Township of Blakely for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$761 to the Township of Blakely for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$2K to the Township of Blakely for repairs

Gage County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Blakely

Blakely and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blakelymostly inland floodingModerate

Lincolnmostly inland floodingModerate

Grantmostly inland floodingModerate

Midlandmostly tornadoesModerate

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