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Natural hazards · Lynn

Lynn, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Lynn comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

How exposed is Lynn?

77
High
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Lynn to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and strong winds.

Hail44%Strong wind26%Drought11%Inland flooding8%Tornadoes7%Everything else4%
By hazard

What Lynn faces

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

Hail

44% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Strong wind

26% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage
Recorded about 35 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 3 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 Lynn flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Lynn isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Clay County.
Disasters that hit Lynn

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into LynnDeclared for Clay County only
Clay County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around Lynn

Lynn and the towns around it

Inland: High, mostly hailClay Center: High, mostly hailHarvard: Very high, mostly hailLewis: Very high, mostly hailLone Tree: High, mostly hailGlenvil: High, mostly hailLeicester: Very high, mostly hailMarshall: High, mostly hailEldorado: Very high, mostly hailSutton: Very high, mostly hailFairfield: High, mostly hailSpring Ranch: High, mostly hailLynn: High, mostly hail LynnInlandClay CenterHarvardLewisLone Tree
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Harvardmostly hailVery high
Lewismostly hailVery high
Lynnmostly hailHigh
Inlandmostly hailHigh
Clay Centermostly hailHigh
Lone Treemostly hailHigh
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. Lynn 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 Lynn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Lynn. 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.

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