Natural hazards · Lodgepole

Lodgepole, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lodgepole comes from drought, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2010. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Lodgepole?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

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

Drought38%Hail20%Inland flooding20%Tornadoes6%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Lodgepole faces

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

Drought

38% of expected damage

Recorded about 80 times a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter 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 Lodgepole flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Lodgepole, from FEMA’s records.

7paid claims since 2010

$46Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

20102026

Biggest named events

Late spring storms: 1 claim, $7K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cheyenne County.

Disasters that hit Lodgepole

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into LodgepoleDeclared for Cheyenne County only

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$17K to the Village of Lodgepole for repairs

Cheyenne County has had 8 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. Lodgepole 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 Lodgepole’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Lodgepole. 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.