Natural hazards · Merry

Merry, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Merry comes from inland flooding, 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 Merry?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Merry to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding22%Hail17%Drought15%Tornadoes14%Wildfire11%Heat waves9%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Merry faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

15% of expected damage

Recorded about 40 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 8 years in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

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

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Merry flood?

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

Disasters that hit Merry

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MerryDeclared for Thurston County only

Thurston County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Merry

Merry and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Merrymostly inland floodingHigh

Winnebagomostly inland floodingHigh

Perrymostly inland floodingHigh

Flournoymostly inland floodingHigh

Bryanmostly inland floodingHigh

Omahamostly 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. Merry covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Merry’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Merry. 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 Merry total about $2.8M 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.