Natural hazards · Verdigre

Verdigre, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Verdigre comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 5 claims here since 2019. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Verdigre?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Verdigre to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding44%Tornadoes12%Cold waves11%Drought10%Hail10%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Verdigre faces

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

Inland flooding

44% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Cold waves

11% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 20% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Verdigre flood?

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

5paid claims since 2019

$75Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 5 claims, $75K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Verdigre

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VerdigreDeclared for Knox County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

43 households applied for aid $166K aid approved $1.3M to the Village of Verdigre for repairs

2011

Flooding

2 households applied for aid

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$23K to the Village of Verdigre for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storm

$5K to the Village of Verdigre for repairs

Knox County has had 14 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. Verdigre 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 Verdigre’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Verdigre. 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.