Natural hazards · Steinauer

Steinauer, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Steinauer comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is 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 Steinauer?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Steinauer to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding39%Tornadoes17%Wildfire13%Hail10%Drought7%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Steinauer faces

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

Inland flooding

39% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

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

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Steinauer flood?

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

Disasters that hit Steinauer

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SteinauerDeclared for Pawnee County only

2007

Severe Winter Storm

$4K to the Village of Steinauer for repairs

Pawnee County has had 18 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. Steinauer 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 Steinauer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Steinauer. 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.