Strong Wind Risk in Nebraska

All Nebraska counties ranked by FEMA National Risk Index strong wind score

Strong Wind risk — damaging straight-line winds outside of tornadoes and hurricanes — is rated for 93 of 93 Nebraska counties in FEMA's National Risk Index. Douglas County carries the state's highest strong wind score at 99.5, with $16M in expected annual strong wind losses.

18 Nebraska counties are rated High or Very High for strong wind, and expected annual losses from strong wind total roughly $123M statewide. The full ranking below links to each county's complete 18-hazard risk profile.

County Rankings — Strong Wind

#CountyStrong Wind ScoreRatingAnn. Freq.Ann. Loss
1 Douglas County
99.5
Very High 4.34 / yr $16M
2 Lancaster County
99.2
Very High 4.48 / yr $12M
3 Clay County
97.6
High 4.46 / yr $5M
4 Buffalo County
96.9
High 3.69 / yr $6M
5 Sarpy County
96.2
High 4.34 / yr $6M
6 York County
95.9
High 4.41 / yr $5M
7 Furnas County
95.7
High 3.77 / yr $3M
8 Hamilton County
95.6
High 4.15 / yr $5M
9 Dawson County
94.4
High 3.33 / yr $3M
10 Franklin County
93.4
High 4.23 / yr $2M
11 Adams County
92.9
High 4.30 / yr $3M
12 Platte County
92.5
High 3.38 / yr $3M
13 Webster County
92.0
High 4.46 / yr $2M
14 Hall County
91.3
High 3.96 / yr $3M
15 Thayer County
89.0
High 4.72 / yr $2M
16 Harlan County
88.1
High 3.96 / yr $2M
17 Dodge County
84.2
High 4.27 / yr $2M
18 Saline County
84.1
High 4.61 / yr $1M
19 Kearney County
83.0
Medium 4.10 / yr $2M
20 Cuming County
81.7
Medium 4.04 / yr $1M
21 Madison County
81.4
Medium 3.03 / yr $2M
22 Frontier County
81.0
Medium 3.59 / yr $1M
23 Valley County
80.9
Medium 2.42 / yr $1M
24 Merrick County
80.5
Medium 3.82 / yr $1M
25 Gage County
79.2
Medium 4.59 / yr $2M
26 Phelps County
77.1
Medium 3.79 / yr $2M
27 Nuckolls County
73.5
Medium 4.57 / yr $1M
28 Polk County
73.0
Medium 4.12 / yr $2M
29 Fillmore County
71.2
Medium 4.61 / yr $1M
30 Howard County
70.8
Medium 3.45 / yr $1M
31 Butler County
70.7
Medium 4.27 / yr $1M
32 Boone County
69.0
Medium 2.77 / yr $888K
33 Jefferson County
68.5
Medium 4.71 / yr $951K
34 Seward County
65.7
Medium 4.50 / yr $1M
35 Sherman County
65.3
Medium 3.17 / yr $878K
36 Scotts Bluff County
65.0
Medium 1.17 / yr $878K
37 Saunders County
64.8
Medium 4.33 / yr $1M
38 Hitchcock County
63.1
Medium 4.25 / yr $727K
39 Colfax County
61.7
Medium 4.05 / yr $1M
40 Nance County
59.3
Medium 3.72 / yr $805K
41 Greeley County
58.3
Medium 2.72 / yr $956K
42 Antelope County
56.6
Medium 2.43 / yr $825K
43 Red Willow County
53.2
Medium 4.10 / yr $680K
44 Gosper County
52.5
Medium 3.51 / yr $771K
45 Lincoln County
51.2
Low 2.74 / yr $621K
46 Dakota County
50.4
Low 4.03 / yr $563K
47 Cass County
49.6
Low 4.27 / yr $831K
48 Otoe County
48.6
Low 4.32 / yr $863K
49 Washington County
47.3
Low 4.38 / yr $834K
50 Thurston County
45.4
Low 4.01 / yr $372K
51 Wheeler County
42.0
Low 2.23 / yr $429K
52 Burt County
41.1
Low 4.40 / yr $498K
53 Cedar County
39.0
Low 3.46 / yr $490K
54 Keith County
36.3
Low 2.28 / yr $413K
55 Cheyenne County
34.9
Low 1.78 / yr $448K
56 Knox County
34.1
Low 2.75 / yr $335K
57 Stanton County
33.8
Low 3.53 / yr $401K
58 Pierce County
33.4
Low 3.04 / yr $473K
59 Holt County
31.2
Low 1.90 / yr $324K
60 Wayne County
30.5
Low 3.52 / yr $476K
61 Hayes County
29.4
Low 3.68 / yr $334K
62 Perkins County
29.3
Low 2.82 / yr $400K
63 Nemaha County
27.1
Low 4.37 / yr $239K
64 Richardson County
25.3
Low 4.57 / yr $243K
65 Chase County
25.1
Low 3.17 / yr $317K
66 Dundy County
22.7
Low 3.63 / yr $279K
67 Dixon County
21.6
Low 3.84 / yr $271K
68 Custer County
20.1
Low 2.52 / yr $218K
69 Box Butte County
20.0
Low 1.40 / yr $204K
70 Morrill County
17.5
Low 1.53 / yr $132K
71 Garfield County
17.4
Low 1.95 / yr $146K
72 Johnson County
16.3
Very Low 4.35 / yr $204K
73 Pawnee County
15.6
Very Low 4.52 / yr $117K
74 Kimball County
15.0
Very Low 1.53 / yr $112K
75 Brown County
14.2
Very Low 1.71 / yr $138K
76 Deuel County
13.5
Very Low 1.98 / yr $92K
77 Keya Paha County
13.5
Very Low 2.04 / yr $70K
78 Garden County
12.8
Very Low 1.68 / yr $129K
79 Dawes County
11.9
Very Low 1.56 / yr $119K
80 Sheridan County
11.8
Very Low 1.61 / yr $76K
81 Rock County
9.9
Very Low 1.69 / yr $97K
82 Cherry County
9.3
Very Low 1.71 / yr $57K
83 Boyd County
8.1
Very Low 2.29 / yr $80K
84 Blaine County
6.3
Very Low 1.85 / yr $40K
85 Loup County
6.2
Very Low 1.81 / yr $60K
86 Banner County
5.6
Very Low 1.34 / yr $51K
87 Logan County
4.0
Very Low 2.04 / yr $32K
88 McPherson County
3.6
Very Low 2.07 / yr $31K
89 Hooker County
3.4
Very Low 1.65 / yr $15K
90 Sioux County
3.1
Very Low 1.18 / yr $20K
91 Arthur County
2.6
Very Low 1.99 / yr $17K
92 Thomas County
2.5
Very Low 1.66 / yr $18K
93 Grant County
2.1
Very Low 1.57 / yr $13K

93 Nebraska counties with measurable strong wind risk. See the national strong wind ranking or all Nebraska counties by overall risk.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which Nebraska county has the highest strong wind risk?

Douglas County has the highest FEMA strong wind risk score in Nebraska at 99.5 (Very High), with $16M in expected annual losses and about 4.34 events per year.

How many Nebraska counties face significant strong wind risk?

93 Nebraska counties record measurable strong wind risk in FEMA's National Risk Index; 18 of them are rated High or Very High.

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