Natural hazards · Du Bois

Du Bois, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Du Bois comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Du Bois?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes17%Wildfire13%Hail10%Drought7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Du Bois faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Du Bois flood?

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

Disasters that hit Du Bois

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Pawnee County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Du Bois itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Du BoisDeclared for Pawnee County only

Pawnee County has had 18 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. Du Bois 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 Du Bois’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Du Bois. 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.