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Natural hazards · McCool Junction

McCool Junction, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in McCool Junction comes from hail, and overall the risk is very 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 McCool Junction?

87
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in McCool Junction to be higher than in 87% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail39%Inland flooding21%Strong wind19%Tornadoes9%Drought8%Everything else4%
By hazard

What McCool Junction faces

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

Hail

39% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

19% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Drought

8% of expected damage
Recorded about 28 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 McCool Junction flood?

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

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

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into McCool JunctionDeclared for York County only
2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$8K to the Village of McCool Junction for repairs
York County has had 18 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. McCool Junction 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 McCool Junction’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of McCool Junction. 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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