Natural hazards · Newman Grove

Newman Grove, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Newman Grove comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 6 claims here since 1998. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Newman Grove?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Newman Grove to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding49%Tornadoes15%Hail13%Drought9%Strong wind6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Newman Grove faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 45 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 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 Newman Grove flood?

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

6paid claims since 1998

$80Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $72K

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. Newman 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 Newman Grove

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Newman GroveDeclared for Madison County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

24 households applied for aid $119K aid approved $141K to the City of Newman Grove for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$5K to the City of Newman Grove for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$6K to the City of Newman Grove for repairs

Madison County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Newman Grove

Newman Grove and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Newman Grovemostly inland floodingVery high

Walkermostly 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. Newman 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 Newman Grove’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Newman 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.