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Floods in Nebraska

Property owners in Nebraska have filed 5,716 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $96.2 million paid.

  • 5,716flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $96.2Mpaid on those claims
  • 2019most claims in one year, 1,159
  • 37thamong the states for claims
2026
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Nebraska per year 1978: 215 1979: 99 1980: 66 1981: 26 1982: 168 1983: 85 1984: 565 1985: 50 1986: 79 1987: 76 1988: 6 1989: 23 1990: 98 1991: 36 1992: 40 1993: 658 1994: 20 1995: 29 1996: 131 1997: 107 1998: 50 1999: 85 2000: 8 2001: 35 2002: 17 2003: 12 2004: 18 2005: 51 2006: 8 2007: 78 2008: 201 2009: 8 2010: 377 2011: 394 2012: 8 2013: 19 2014: 75 2015: 265 2016: 103 2017: 17 2018: 24 2019: 1,159 1,159 2020: 15 2021: 17 2022: 7 2023: 10 2024: 69 2025: 7 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Nebraska
Douglas County1,045
Sarpy County848
Dodge County809
Cass County410
Lancaster County313
Saunders County259
Saline County194
Gage County184
Colfax County171
Washington County159
Hall County126
Dawson County89
Dakota County89
Platte County87
Richardson County85
Lincoln County78
Madison County70
Buffalo County64
Burt County63
Scotts Bluff County52
Nemaha County49
Cuming County43
Seward County28
Otoe County27
Cheyenne County27
Knox County26
Thayer County25
Adams County25
Howard County19
Boyd County18
Merrick County16
Hamilton County15
Antelope County15
Red Willow County15
Boone County15
Thurston County13
Pierce County12
Butler County11
Custer County11
Jefferson County10
York County9
Phelps County9
Valley County8
Keith County7
Holt County6
Polk County6
Wayne County5
Nuckolls County5
Cedar County4
Nance County4
Stanton County4
Kearney County4
Fillmore County3
Webster County3
Furnas County3
Dixon County3
Deuel County3
Johnson County3
Garden County2
Franklin County2
Wheeler County2
Box Butte County2
Logan County1
Clay County1
Dundy County1
Sheridan County1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).