Natural hazards · Mariposa

Mariposa, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mariposa comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high 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 Mariposa?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding36%Hail20%Tornadoes15%Drought13%Strong wind9%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Mariposa faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Drought

13% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year 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 Mariposa flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Saunders County.

Disasters that hit Mariposa

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MariposaDeclared for Saunders County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$782 to the Township of Mariposa for repairs

Saunders County has had 26 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Mariposa

Mariposa and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Mariposamostly inland floodingHigh

Elkmostly inland floodingHigh

Chapmanmostly inland floodingHigh

Centermostly inland floodingHigh

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