Natural hazards · Juniata

Juniata, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Juniata 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 Juniata?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Juniata to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail46%Inland flooding16%Drought12%Strong wind10%Tornadoes10%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Juniata faces

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

Hail

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 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 6 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 Juniata flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

Disasters that hit Juniata

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into JuniataDeclared for Adams County only

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$3K to the Village of Juniata for repairs

Adams County has had 16 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. Juniata 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 Juniata’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Juniata. 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.