Natural hazards · Dannebrog

Dannebrog, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dannebrog comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 9 claims 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 Dannebrog?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dannebrog to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail34%Inland flooding23%Drought16%Strong wind12%Tornadoes10%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Dannebrog faces

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

Hail

34% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 33 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 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 4 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 Dannebrog flood?

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

9paid claims since 1984

$178Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19842026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 7 claims, $160K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Howard County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Dannebrog

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DannebrogDeclared for Howard County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

57 households applied for aid $190K aid approved $163K to the Village of Dannebrog for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$1K to the Village of Dannebrog for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$9K to the Village of Dannebrog for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

$2K to the Village of Dannebrog for repairs

Howard County has had 21 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. Dannebrog 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 Dannebrog’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Dannebrog. 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.