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Nebraska Flood Hazard Profile

Hazard Data · Model Version 2.5

Overview

Nebraska faces riverine flood hazard along the Missouri, Platte, Elkhorn, and Loup river systems. The 2019 bomb cyclone flooding demonstrated the state's vulnerability to rapid snowmelt combined with heavy rainfall. Ice jam flooding is an additional winter/spring hazard on Nebraska rivers.

In the Historical Record

20
federal disaster declarations (1960–2019)
FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations
6,060
NFIP flood insurance claims paid
FEMA OpenFEMA NfipClaims, 1978–2024

Counted from the records this platform holds. A figure is shown only where the underlying dataset could be read.

County by County in Nebraska

What federal records show has happened in each county: storms, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims. The counties below have the longest NOAA storm records in Nebraska.

All Nebraska counties

Notable Historical Events

12019 Bomb Cyclone Floods — $3.4B total damage, catastrophic along Missouri/Platte (FEMA DR-4420)
22011 Missouri River Flood — record stages from Montana to Missouri
32015 Platte River Flooding — ice jam and rainfall flooding

Hazard Scoring Approach

Calchis computes a Calchis Hazard Score (0–10) for flood hazard at any US address. The score is composed of weighted sub-components derived from federal data sources and published research. All score components are transparent and returned in API responses.

These are hazard scores — physical intensity likelihood only. They do not include property exposure or vulnerability data. We never call a hazard score a risk score. See the full methodology for scoring details.

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Enter any Nebraska address to see location-specific flood hazard scoring with full methodology transparency.

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Data Sources

FEMA National Flood Hazard Layerwww.fema.gov
NOAA NWPS River Gaugeswater.noaa.gov
USGS Nebraska Water Science Centerwww.usgs.gov

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Calchis Hazard Score — derived from federal and academic sources listed above. Property exposure data not included. Not a substitute for professional actuarial assessment. Decision-support intelligence — not a primary alerting or dispatch system. Verify against official sources.