Natural hazards · Lake

Lake, NE natural hazards

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

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lake to be higher than in 44% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding23%Cold waves21%Drought16%Tornadoes12%Hail7%Lightning6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Lake faces

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

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

16% of expected damage

Recorded about 46 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong wind

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 Lake flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Holt County.

Disasters that hit Lake

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LakeDeclared for Holt County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$769 to the Township of Lake for repairs

Holt County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Lake

Lake and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Lakemostly inland floodingModerate

Deloitmostly inland floodingModerate

McCluremostly inland floodingModerate

Conleymostly inland floodingModerate

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. Lake 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 Lake’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lake. 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.