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Natural hazards · Drain

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Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Drain comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 43 claims here since 1981. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Drain?

91
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Drain to be higher than in 91% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding63%Earthquakes28%Avalanches7%Everything else2%
By hazard

What Drain faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

28% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Avalanches

7% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 30 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDroughtVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesTsunamis
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 Drain flood?

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

43paid claims since 1981
$697Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19812026
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Drain isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Douglas County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

17homes raised above flood level
Disasters that hit Drain

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DrainDeclared for Douglas County only
2025

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$63K to the City of Drain for repairs
2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

110 households applied for aid $4K aid approved
2019

Severe Winter Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$216K to the City of Drain for repairs
2005

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$8K to the City of Drain for repairs
2002

Severe Winter Storm With High Winds

$2K to the City of Drain for repairs
Douglas County has had 23 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. Drain 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 Drain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Drain. 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.

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