Natural hazards · Olive

Olive, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Olive comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Olive?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Olive to be higher than in 81% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding41%Hail19%Tornadoes13%Strong wind10%Drought9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Olive faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 50 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 Olive flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Butler County.

Disasters that hit Olive

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into OliveDeclared for Butler County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$85K to the Township of Olive for repairs

Butler County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Olive

Olive and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Olivemostly inland floodingVery high

Savannahmostly inland floodingVery high

Summitmostly inland floodingVery high

Unionmostly hailHigh

David Citymostly tornadoesModerate

Franklinmostly tornadoesModerate

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. Olive 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 Olive’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Olive. 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.