Natural hazards · Byron

Byron, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Byron comes from hail, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Byron?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Byron to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail37%Inland flooding21%Strong wind16%Drought13%Tornadoes10%Everything else4%

By hazard

What Byron faces

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

Hail

37% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 28 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% 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 Byron flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Thayer County.

Disasters that hit Byron

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into ByronDeclared for Thayer County only

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Thayer County has had 22 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Byron

Byron and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Byronmostly hailVery high

Washingtonmostly 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. Byron 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 Byron’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Byron. 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.

Byron, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Byron?

What Byron faces

Hail

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Drought

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Byron flood?

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

Byron and the towns around it

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