Natural hazards · Willow Island

Willow Island, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Willow Island comes from hail, 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 Willow Island?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Willow Island to be higher than in 65% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail48%Drought19%Inland flooding14%Strong wind12%Tornadoes5%Everything else2%

By hazard

What Willow Island faces

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

Hail

48% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

19% of expected damage

Recorded about 42 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Willow Island flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dawson County.

Disasters that hit Willow Island

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Willow Island itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Willow Island.

Brought FEMA money into Willow IslandDeclared for Dawson County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $825 aid approved

Dawson County has had 13 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. Willow Island 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 Willow Island’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Willow Island. 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.