Natural hazards · Crawford

Crawford, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Crawford comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Crawford?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Crawford to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding30%Drought21%Wildfire19%Cold waves11%Hail7%Tornadoes6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Crawford faces

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

Inland flooding

30% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 75 times a year in the area

Wildfire

19% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Crawford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dawes County.

Disasters that hit Crawford

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CrawfordDeclared for Dawes County only

2013

Severe Storms, Winter Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$125K to the City of Crawford for repairs

Dawes County has had 10 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and fires.

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