Natural hazards · Bridgeport

Bridgeport, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bridgeport comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1984. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bridgeport?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bridgeport to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought43%Inland flooding21%Hail15%Cold waves9%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Bridgeport faces

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

Drought

43% of expected damage

Recorded about 83 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 60% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Bridgeport flood?

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

1paid claims since 1984

$7Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Morrill County.

Disasters that hit Bridgeport

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BridgeportDeclared for Morrill County only

2015

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

$8K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$4K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$1K to the City of Bridgeport for repairs

Morrill County has had 13 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. Bridgeport 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 Bridgeport’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bridgeport. 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.