Natural hazards · Burrows

Burrows, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Burrows comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 3 claims here since 2004. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Burrows?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding33%Hail22%Tornadoes18%Drought13%Strong wind7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Burrows faces

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

Inland flooding

33% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year 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

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 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 Burrows flood?

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

3paid claims since 2004

$36Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20042026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $16K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Platte County.

Disasters that hit Burrows

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BurrowsDeclared for Platte County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the Township of Burrows for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$1K to the Township of Burrows for repairs

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

Around Burrows

Burrows and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lost Creekmostly hailVery high

Burrowsmostly inland floodingHigh

Jolietmostly inland floodingHigh

Granvillemostly inland floodingHigh

Grand Prairiemostly inland floodingHigh

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. Burrows covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Burrows’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Burrows. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Burrows total about $7.0M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.