Natural hazards · Meadow Grove

Meadow Grove, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Meadow Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1999. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Meadow Grove?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Meadow Grove to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding32%Hail20%Tornadoes18%Drought10%Strong wind8%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Meadow Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 45 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Meadow Grove flood?

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

2paid claims since 1999

$3Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19992026

Homes that flooded again and again

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Madison County.

Disasters that hit Meadow Grove

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Meadow GroveDeclared for Madison County only

2021

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$58K to the Village of Meadow Grove for repairs

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

4 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$938 to the Village of Meadow Grove for repairs

Madison County has had 16 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. Meadow Grove 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 Meadow Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Meadow Grove. 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.