Natural hazards · Murdock

Murdock, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Murdock comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Murdock?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes16%Hail13%Drought10%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Murdock faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 14 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Murdock flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Cass County.

Disasters that hit Murdock

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MurdockDeclared for Cass County only

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornado, and Straight-Lin

$16K to the Village of Murdock for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $3K aid approved $13K to the Village of Murdock for repairs

Cass County has had 24 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. Murdock 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 Murdock’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Murdock. 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.