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Flood history in Nebraska

Nebraska has 363 county-level flood declarations across 87 counties. Colfax County leads with 9 declarations. Total tracked FEMA obligations for flood events in this state: $621.8M.

This page shows every Nebraska county in Nebraska that has at least one FEMA flood declaration on record, ranked by how many times that hazard type triggered federal aid. Counties near the top of this list have recurring exposure to flood events — useful context for anyone evaluating property risk, insurance needs, or emergency planning in the area.

For the full national view of flood declarations across all states, see the flood disaster type page. For all hazard types in Nebraska, see the Nebraska state page.

Flood in Nebraska

Counties ranked by flood declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTracked aid
1Colfax County9$2.1M
2Cass County8$140.7M
3Cuming County8$1.6M
4Platte County8$19.9M
5Richardson County8$1.1M
6Sarpy County8$22.6M
7Stanton County8$1.8M
8Boyd County7$7.6M
9Dakota County7$8.2M
10Dixon County7$1.2M
11Dodge County7$27.8M
12Douglas County7$139.3M
13Jefferson County7$88K
14Knox County7$6.1M
15Nemaha County7$12.9M
16Otoe County7$2.8M
17Saunders County7$9.9M
18Thurston County7$5.1M
19Boone County6$1.6M
20Burt County6$3.4M
21Johnson County6$1.8M
22Madison County6$5.0M
23Nance County6$7.6M
24Nuckolls County6$670K
25Pawnee County6$1.0M
26Pierce County6$4.8M
27Sherman County6$244K
28Thayer County6$55K
29Washington County6$8.2M
30Butler County5$1.9M
31Cedar County5$990K
32Gage County5$1.9M
33Greeley County5$2.3M
34Howard County5$2.0M
35Lancaster County5$41.1M
36Merrick County5$140K
37Saline County5$448K
38Seward County5$336K
39Adams County4$1.3M
40Buffalo County4$3.0M
41Clay County4$245K
42Hall County4$1.0M
43Hayes County4$192K
44Polk County4$330K
45Valley County4$9.9M
46Wayne County4$1.7M
47York County4$71.6M
48Antelope County3$3.4M
49Arthur County3$92K
50Custer County3$7.3M
51Dawson County3$1.2M
52Fillmore County3$58K
53Franklin County3$180K
54Frontier County3$46K
55Furnas County3$548K
56Garden County3$427K
57Gosper County3$285K
58Harlan County3$464K
59Kearney County3$110K
60Lincoln County3$688K
61Phelps County3$380K
62Scotts Bluff County3$1.5M
63Webster County3$166K
64Brown County2$1.8M
65Cherry County2$1.2M
66Dawes County2$508K
67Hamilton County2$0
68Holt County2$6.2M
69Keya Paha County2$2.2M
70Loup County2$548K
71Morrill County2$377K
72Sioux County2$306K
73Wheeler County2$907K
74Banner County1$254K
75Blaine County1$107K
76Box Butte County1$327K
77Chase County1$0
78Cheyenne County1$0
79Deuel County1$0
80Dundy County1$0
81Garfield County1$1.8M
82Grant County1$182K
83Hooker County1$0
84Kimball County1$21K
85Logan County1$310K
86Rock County1$1.7M
87Sheridan County1$492K