Natural hazards · Minden

Minden, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Minden comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Minden?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Hail26%Inland flooding19%Tornadoes19%Strong wind15%Lightning8%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Minden faces

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

Hail

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

19% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 23% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 71 years in the area

Strong wind

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Minden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kearney County.

Disasters that hit Minden

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MindenDeclared for Kearney County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$15K to the City of Minden for repairs

2014

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

$8K to the City of Minden for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $10K aid approved

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$287K to the City of Minden for repairs

Kearney County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

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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. Minden covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Minden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Minden. 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 Minden total about $2.0M 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.

Minden, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Minden?

What Minden faces

Hail

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Minden flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

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

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

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