Natural hazards · Township 6

Township 6, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Township 6 comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 30 claims here since 1990.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Township 6?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Township 6 to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding42%Tornadoes22%Hail10%Drought10%Cold waves6%Strong wind5%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Township 6 faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 26 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 68% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% 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 Township 6 flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Township 6, from FEMA’s records.

30paid claims since 1990

$593Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 8 claims, $194K
Midwest Flooding: 2 claims, $30K
Late spring storms: 1 claim, $1K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Township 6 isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Washington County.

Disasters that hit Township 6

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Washington County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Township 6 itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into Township 6Declared for Washington County only

Washington County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Township 6

Township 6 and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Nickersonmostly inland floodingVery high

Elkhornmostly inland floodingVery high

Hoopermostly inland floodingVery high

Township 5mostly inland floodingHigh

Township 7mostly inland floodingHigh

Township 6mostly inland floodingHigh

Township 2mostly inland floodingHigh

Blairmostly tornadoesModerate

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. Township 6 covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Township 6’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Township 6. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Township 6 total about $6.2M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.