Natural hazards · Pender

Pender, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pender comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 8 claims here since 1982. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pender?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pender to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding29%Tornadoes16%Drought14%Hail12%Heat waves10%Wildfire8%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Pender faces

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

Inland flooding

29% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Hail

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Heat waves

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

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 Pender flood?

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

8paid claims since 1982

$510Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

Disasters that hit Pender

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PenderDeclared for Thurston County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

38 households applied for aid $69K aid approved $101K to the Village of Pender for repairs

2018

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

$63K to the Village of Pender for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$4K to the Village of Pender for repairs

Thurston County has had 19 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. Pender 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 Pender’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pender. 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.