Natural hazards · Ridgeley

Ridgeley, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Ridgeley 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 Ridgeley?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding46%Hail13%Tornadoes13%Drought11%Cold waves8%Strong wind6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Ridgeley faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% 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 5 years in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 47 times a year in the area

Cold waves

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Ridgeley flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dodge County.

Disasters that hit Ridgeley

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into RidgeleyDeclared for Dodge County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$106K to the Township of Ridgeley for repairs

Dodge County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Ridgeley

Ridgeley and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Ridgeleymostly inland floodingVery high

Cotterellmostly inland floodingVery high

Pleasant Valleymostly inland floodingVery high

Everettmostly inland floodingVery high

Pebblemostly inland floodingVery high

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