Dodge County

Every recorded tornado

1. Injuries and deaths are for the tornado’s whole path, which may extend beyond the county. Deaths recorded within Dodge County: 0.
2. Weak tornadoes were under-recorded before Doppler radar coverage became national in the early 1990s, so earlier decades read low. Ratings use the Fujita scale before February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita scale after.

Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1950 to 2025.

Smoke overhead

1. A smoke day is a date on which a smoke plume traced by NOAA Hazard Mapping System analysts from satellite imagery covered this place's point (the county's population centre or the city centre). Counts here are of medium or heavy smoke. Since 2018 analysts have often drawn light smoke as one area over most of the continent, so light-smoke counts are not comparable from year to year. The plumes show smoke anywhere in the air above, not air quality at the ground, and smoke hidden by cloud is missed.

NOAA Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, 2011 to 2026, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Claims by ZIP code

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OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026. NOAA Storm Events through 2026.

River crests

River gauges

1. Crests are the highest and the recent crests the National Weather Service lists for each river gauge in the county that has a flood stage, not every flood. Flood categories use each gauge's current flood stages; crests from before levees, dams or channel changes may not be comparable. Crests measured on an old datum are left out of the rankings.

NOAA National Water Prediction Service gauge records, retrieved October 30, 2026.

1. The Palmer Drought Severity Index is computed by NOAA each month from the county's average temperature and precipitation, relative to the county's own climate. Zero is normal; -3 or lower is severe drought and -4 or lower extreme drought. It describes the long-term balance of moisture, not water supply or crop losses.

NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, 1895 to September 2026, issued October 6, 2026.

Every earthquake of magnitude 4 or more within 50 miles

1. Earthquakes of magnitude 2.5 or more in the USGS Comprehensive Catalog since 1900. Within 50 miles means the epicentre lies within 50 miles of the county boundary (or inside the county).
2. Small earthquakes were under-recorded before the modern seismic networks of the 1970s and are still missed in remote areas, so early decades read low. Magnitudes are as the catalogue reports them and mix scales (moment, local and body-wave).

USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog, 1900 to present, retrieved October 30, 2026.

Mapped landslides

Mapped by NE Univ of NE Lincoln (2).

1. Landslides mapped in the USGS compilation of landslide inventories across the United States (version 3.0, 2025), rated probable or better. The compilation joins inventories made by federal and state agencies for different purposes and areas, so the number mapped in a county reflects how closely it has been surveyed as much as how often its slopes fail. An area with few records may simply not have been mapped. Deaths are as recorded in the inventories; a slide listed in two inventories is counted once.

USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0, retrieved October 27, 2026.

More event types since 1996

Costliest events since 1996

1. Jun 20, 1996Hail$10.0 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Large hail did considerable damage to thousands of acres of crops from Hooper to Fremont. Estimates of 4,000 homes and countless vehicles had damage from the winds and hail.

2. Aug 4, 1996Flood, Dodge$1.7 million
   National Weather Service narrative

   Heavy rains dropped 4 to 9 inches of rain in east central Nebraska, causing record flooding to the Pebble and Maple Creeks. Dodge reported a little more than 6 inches of rain. Extensive damage was done to the homes and businesses in Nickerson and Winslow. Major flooding occurred in Winslow, where all 40 homes and businesses reported flooding. 150 residents were evacuated. County-wide, it was estimated that 100 homes were affected. Numerous roads were closed with damage to roads and bridges around $500,000. The cities of Nickerson and Winslow reported damage of $170,000. Damage to 50,000 acres of crops was estimated at $2.25 million for corn and $3 million for soybeans.

3. Feb 25, 2021Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Emergency management reported flooding due to an ice jam in low lying areas near South Ridge Road at Ridgeland Avenue and Big Island Road.

4. Mar 1, 2021Flood$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Emergency management reported flooding due to an ice jam in low lying areas near South Ridge Road at Ridgeland Avenue and Big Island Road.

5. Jun 23, 1998Tornado$500,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Several outbuildings and grain bins destroyed. A house was destroyed. A machine shed destroyed. A chimney was blown off the back porch of a house. Hog barn destroyed.

6. Jun 20, 1996Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A dozen farmsteads suffered damage as a tornado touched down south of Snyder and west of Scribner. The most significant damage was 5.5 miles west of Scribner, where six farm buildings were lost.

7. Aug 28, 2007Tornado$300,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A survey team from the National Weather Service office in Valley concluded that a tornado occurred from about 4 miles west of Uehling to just east of Highway 77 in Uehling. The maximum path width was around 1500 feet. The tornado was rated an EF-1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with maximum winds around 90 mph. According to Emergency Management Officials, 10 homes sustained minor damage due to falling tree limbs. Homes and buildings lost a considerable number of shingles. Immediately west of Uehling, there was damage to bleachers and fencing at a ballpark, numerous large tree limbs were blown down, and a few trees were uprooted or snapped at the base of the tree trunk. There were…

8. Jun 20, 2011Tornado$280,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   A NWS survey team determined a tornado tracked through the eastern and northern sections of Fremont before lifting a little north northeast of town. The tornado touched down near the intersection of old Highway 275 and Morningside Road and progressed north generally east of Lincoln Street. The tornado uprooted or snapped numerous trees, damaged a few homes and severely damaged a garage along its path. One vehicle was flipped over while other vehicles and homes sustained damage from fallen trees. The YMCA sustained major roof damage. A few power poles were snapped near and north of 23rd Street and center pivot was damaged on the north side of town before the tornado lifted. The…

9. Jun 11, 2010Flood$200,000
   National Weather Service narrative

   Rainfall of at least 3 to 5 inches fell over much of the upper Elkhorn River basin in the week ending 7am 6/12, including 1 to 2 inch 24 hour amounts ending 7am the 12th. This caused record or near record flooding along the Elkhorn River from around Clearwater and Neligh downstream to the Elkhorn's confluence with the Platte River. The flooding was prolonged by additional rains the week after 6/12. In Dodge county many gravel roads along the Elkhorn were flooded as was Highway 91 near Nickerson which suffered damage. Highway 275 near Scribner was closed for around week, at first because a temporary dike is used there when the river gets above 18 feet and then because water started…

10. May 21, 2024Flash Flood$150,000
    National Weather Service narrative

    Several rounds of thunderstorms training over Fremont resulted in flash flooding across the city during the early morning hours of the 21st. The first report of flooding in the city came into the office at 3:47 in the morning. Just before 5 in the morning, fast-flowing water was observed over East 11th Street. Flooded roadways continued to be reported through the morning hours between Fremont and south into Saunders and northwest Douglas Counties.

1. Storm Events records before 1996 cover only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail. Damage figures are as reported by the National Weather Service at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, 1950 to 2026, issued October 26, 2026.

All-time high

116°FJul 25, 1936

All-time low

−31°F2 times, most recently Jan 12, 1912

Warmest night

84°FAug 5, 1934

Coldest day

−13°FFeb 11, 1899

Wettest day

7.12 inJun 18, 2016

Snowiest day

17.0 inMar 5, 1915

Hottest year

1931mean 54.8°F

Coldest year

1924mean 48.2°F

Wettest year

191545.15 in

Driest year

197615.08 in

Snowiest season

84.0 in1959-60

Station Fremont (USC00253050), 1,180 ft elevation, 4.3 miles from the population centre. Daily records from 1893 to October 27, 2026; 99.4% of days in the last 30 years are complete. Records at a single station can differ from a city’s official threaded record, which may combine several stations.

NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily.

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OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, retrieved October 30, 2026. Statewide declarations are not listed.

Neighbouring counties

• Tornadoes NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, through 2025.
• Tropical cyclones NOAA National Hurricane Center HURDAT2 (Atlantic; Northeast and Central Pacific), through 2025.
• Wildfire USGS/USFS Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity, through 2026.
• Storm events NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, through 2026.
• Flood insurance OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims v3, refreshed August 4, 2026.
• Declarations OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Weather records NOAA NCEI Global Historical Climatology Network Daily, station USC00253050.
• River crests NOAA National Weather Service, National Water Prediction Service river gauges, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Drought NOAA NCEI nClimDiv county Palmer Drought Severity Index, through September 2026.
• Smoke NOAA NESDIS Hazard Mapping System smoke analysis, retrieved October 30, 2026.
• Landslides USGS Landslide Inventories across the United States, version 3.0 (2025).
• Earthquakes USGS ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), retrieved October 30, 2026.

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