Natural hazards · Grafton

Grafton, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Grafton comes from hail, 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 Grafton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Grafton to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail33%Drought17%Inland flooding16%Strong wind14%Tornadoes14%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Grafton faces

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

Hail

33% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

17% of expected damage

Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% 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 Grafton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Fillmore County.

Disasters that hit Grafton

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GraftonDeclared for Fillmore County only

2025

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$10K to the Village of Grafton for repairs

Fillmore County has had 22 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. Grafton 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 Grafton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Grafton. 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.