Natural hazards · Gordon

Gordon, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gordon comes from wildfires, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Gordon?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gordon to be higher than in 57% of U.S. communities, mostly from wildfires and inland flooding.

Wildfire24%Inland flooding21%Cold waves18%Drought14%Hail7%Tornadoes6%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Gordon faces

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

Wildfire

24% of expected damage

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

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 54 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% 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 9 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 Gordon flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sheridan County.

Disasters that hit Gordon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GordonDeclared for Sheridan County only

2013

Severe Storms, Winter Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

$16K to the City of Gordon for repairs

Sheridan County has had 7 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. Gordon 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 Gordon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Gordon. 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.