Natural hazards · Tekamah

Tekamah, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Tekamah comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1999. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Tekamah?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tekamah to be higher than in 76% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding32%Hail18%Drought14%Tornadoes13%Cold waves9%Strong wind6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Tekamah faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

14% of expected damage

Recorded about 31 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% 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 Tekamah flood?

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

1paid claims since 1999

$766paid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19992026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Burt County.

Disasters that hit Tekamah

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TekamahDeclared for Burt County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $52K aid approved

2014

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

$61K to the City of Tekamah for repairs

2011

Flooding

124 households applied for aid $669K aid approved $6K to the City of Tekamah for repairs

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$4K to the City of Tekamah for repairs

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

Around Tekamah

Tekamah and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Tekamahmostly inland floodingHigh

Summitmostly inland floodingHigh

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