Natural hazards · Gresham

Gresham, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gresham comes from hail, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gresham?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Gresham to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and strong winds.

Hail44%Strong wind21%Inland flooding12%Drought12%Tornadoes8%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Gresham faces

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

Hail

44% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 29 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% 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 Gresham flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: York County.

Disasters that hit Gresham

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreshamDeclared for York County only

York 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. Gresham 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 Gresham’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Gresham. 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.

Gresham, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Gresham?

What Gresham faces

Hail

Strong wind

Inland flooding

Drought

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Gresham flood?

Federal disasters declared here

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