Natural hazards · Kimball

Kimball, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kimball comes from inland flooding, 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 Kimball?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kimball to be higher than in 50% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding26%Hail23%Drought22%Tornadoes8%Cold waves6%Ice storms6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Kimball faces

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

Inland flooding

26% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 38% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 78 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 48% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Kimball flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kimball County.

Disasters that hit Kimball

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KimballDeclared for Kimball County only

2024

Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds

$20K to the City of Kimball for repairs

Kimball County has had 6 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. Kimball 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 Kimball’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Kimball. 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.