Natural hazards · Tecumseh

Tecumseh, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tecumseh comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1982. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tecumseh?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tecumseh to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes20%Wildfire12%Cold waves7%Heat waves7%Hail6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Tecumseh faces

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

Inland flooding

35% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Tecumseh flood?

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

1paid claims since 1982

$2Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19822026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Johnson County.

Disasters that hit Tecumseh

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TecumsehDeclared for Johnson County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

$34K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, Tornado, and Straight-Lin

$28K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$37K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$3K to the City of Tecumseh for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $6K aid approved

Johnson 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. Tecumseh 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 Tecumseh’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tecumseh. 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.