Natural hazards · Brewster

Brewster, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Brewster comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Brewster?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding42%Hail22%Drought9%Tornadoes9%Wildfire7%Strong wind6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Brewster 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

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

7% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Brewster flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Blaine County.

Disasters that hit Brewster

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Blaine County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Brewster itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BrewsterDeclared for Blaine County only

Blaine County has had 10 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. Brewster 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 Brewster’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Brewster. 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.