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Safest Counties From Natural Disasters in Nebraska (2026)

McPherson has the lowest natural disaster risk of any county in Nebraska, at 37.0, followed by Lancaster and Arthur (data vintage 2024). The full ranking of the top 25 counties is below.

Data updated 2024 - Source: FEMA National Risk Index

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Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Nebraska

Top 25 of 93 counties with data.

Ranked by natural disaster risk (FEMA National Risk Index, 2024), lowest first.

Lowest counties for natural disaster risk in Nebraska
RankCountyValue
1McPherson37.0
2Lancaster39.5
3Arthur40.6
4Grant41.0
5Banner41.3
6Logan42.3
7Loup42.8
8Thomas42.9
9Hooker43.2
10Douglas45.6
11Blaine45.8
12Scotts Bluff47.9
13Box Butte48.3
14Hayes48.7
15Sioux49.6
16Keya Paha50.3
17Hall50.5
18Rock50.9
19Keith51.5
20Dundy52.1
21Wheeler52.7
22Dawes52.7
23Deuel53.0
24Garden53.8
25Holt54.7

How this ranking works

This page ranks Nebraska counties by natural disaster risk, sorted so the lowest places appear first. Click any county to see its housing, schools, crime, and demographics in detail.

For natural disaster risk, a lower value is generally more favorable, so the top of the list is the lowest. Want to weigh natural disaster risk against schools, taxes, commute, and more at once? Use the live map to build a custom match.

Data comes from public sources. Source attribution and the exact data vintage are shown above and on the full map of natural disaster risk.

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