Editorial
Most disaster-prone counties in Nebraska
Nebraska has 1,554 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 93 counties. The dominant hazard type is severe storm. Saunders County leads with 30 declarations, followed by Douglas County and Cass County.
This ranking shows every county in Nebraska ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.
Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.
Nebraska ranking
All counties by FEMA declaration count
| # | County | Declarations | Top hazard | First year | Latest year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saunders County | 30 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 2 | Douglas County | 29 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 3 | Cass County | 27 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 4 | Nemaha County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 5 | Sarpy County | 25 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 6 | Cuming County | 24 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 7 | Fillmore County | 24 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 24 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 9 | Washington County | 24 | Severe Storm | 1971 | 2025 |
| 10 | Gage County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 11 | Hamilton County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 12 | Howard County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2024 |
| 13 | Otoe County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 14 | Platte County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2025 |
| 15 | Richardson County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 16 | Thayer County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 17 | Thurston County | 23 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 18 | Johnson County | 22 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 19 | Dodge County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 20 | Nuckolls County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 21 | Saline County | 21 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 22 | Boone County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2025 |
| 23 | Burt County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 24 | Colfax County | 20 | Flood | 1966 | 2025 |
| 25 | Custer County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1978 | 2022 |
| 26 | Greeley County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2024 |
| 27 | Pawnee County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 28 | Polk County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 29 | York County | 20 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 30 | Butler County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 31 | Clay County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 32 | Dixon County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 33 | Hayes County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2024 |
| 34 | Lincoln County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1994 | 2026 |
| 35 | Madison County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2021 |
| 36 | Seward County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 37 | Sherman County | 19 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2024 |
| 38 | Stanton County | 19 | Flood | 1967 | 2020 |
| 39 | Adams County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 40 | Boyd County | 18 | Flood | 1967 | 2024 |
| 41 | Buffalo County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 42 | Knox County | 18 | Flood | 1967 | 2022 |
| 43 | Nance County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2024 |
| 44 | Valley County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1966 | 2022 |
| 45 | Wayne County | 18 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 46 | Hall County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2021 |
| 47 | Pierce County | 17 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 48 | Cedar County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 49 | Dakota County | 16 | Flood | 1967 | 2025 |
| 50 | Frontier County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 51 | Furnas County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 52 | Holt County | 16 | Severe Storm | 2003 | 2024 |
| 53 | Kearney County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 54 | Lancaster County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2025 |
| 55 | Webster County | 16 | Severe Storm | 1973 | 2025 |
| 56 | Dawson County | 15 | Severe Storm | 1978 | 2026 |
| 57 | Merrick County | 15 | Flood | 1967 | 2020 |
| 58 | Morrill County | 15 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2024 |
| 59 | Garfield County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1994 | 2022 |
| 60 | Gosper County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 61 | Harlan County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 62 | Logan County | 14 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2022 |
| 63 | Loup County | 14 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2020 |
| 64 | Phelps County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 65 | Red Willow County | 14 | Severe Storm | 1990 | 2024 |
| 66 | Rock County | 14 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2020 |
| 67 | Wheeler County | 14 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2022 |
| 68 | Antelope County | 13 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2022 |
| 69 | Keya Paha County | 13 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 70 | Sioux County | 13 | Severe Storm | 1991 | 2024 |
| 71 | Blaine County | 12 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2020 |
| 72 | Chase County | 12 | Severe Storm | 1990 | 2020 |
| 73 | Dundy County | 12 | Severe Storm | 1993 | 2024 |
| 74 | Garden County | 12 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2026 |
| 75 | Arthur County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2026 |
| 76 | Brown County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 77 | Cherry County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 78 | Dawes County | 11 | Severe Storm | 1991 | 2024 |
| 79 | Cheyenne County | 10 | Severe Storm | 1997 | 2024 |
| 80 | Franklin County | 10 | Severe Storm | 1967 | 2020 |
| 81 | McPherson County | 10 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2024 |
| 82 | Perkins County | 10 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2020 |
| 83 | Scotts Bluff County | 10 | Severe Storm | 1997 | 2024 |
| 84 | Thomas County | 10 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2024 |
| 85 | Box Butte County | 9 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2021 |
| 86 | Deuel County | 9 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2020 |
| 87 | Hitchcock County | 9 | Severe Storm | 1990 | 2024 |
| 88 | Keith County | 9 | Severe Storm | 2001 | 2026 |
| 89 | Sheridan County | 9 | Severe Storm | 2005 | 2021 |
| 90 | Banner County | 8 | Severe Storm | 1997 | 2024 |
| 91 | Kimball County | 8 | Severe Storm | 1997 | 2024 |
| 92 | Hooker County | 6 | Biological | 2001 | 2020 |
| 93 | Grant County | 5 | Biological | 2005 | 2021 |