Natural hazards · Logan

Logan, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Logan comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2011.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Logan?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Logan to be higher than in 70% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and drought.

Inland flooding27%Drought21%Hail15%Tornadoes14%Cold waves9%Wildfire6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Logan faces

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

Inland flooding

27% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 49 times a year in the area

Hail

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

14% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Wildfire

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Logan flood?

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

2paid claims since 2011

$131Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20112026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $8K
Late spring storms: 1 claim, $123K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burt County.

Disasters that hit Logan

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LoganDeclared for Burt County only

Burt County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Logan

Logan and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dawesmostly inland floodingHigh

Andersonmostly inland floodingHigh

Loganmostly inland floodingHigh

Everettmostly inland floodingHigh

Bell Creekmostly inland floodingHigh

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. Logan covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Logan’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Logan. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Logan total about $2.5M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.