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Nance County, Nebraska

Nance County recorded 11 federal major disaster declarations since FY2000 (through FY2026), the federal government's fullest response to an event. Alongside those sit 2 emergency declarations and 0 fire management declarations, 13 in all. Its most common hazard is severe storm.

Highlighted: Nance County, NE

Totals: FY2000 to FY2026 · Page last rebuilt Oct 26, 2026 · the current in-progress fiscal year is not included in totals

11
Major disasters
2
Emergency declarations
0
Fire management grants
13
All declarations on record
Sep 2024
Most recent
$8.0M
Federal PA obligated (top: roads and bridges)

The federal disaster record for Nance County runs between 2004 and 2024, covering 13 declarations in all. Its most recent major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding in 2024. The hazards behind these declarations were most often severe storm, flood, and biological. Since 2000, FEMA has obligated about $8.0 million in Public Assistance funding to the jurisdiction, most of it for roads and bridges.

Risk and vulnerability context

Historical declarations show what has happened here. These national datasets add context about underlying natural-hazard risk and community vulnerability.

County FIPS 31125
CDC / ATSDR

Social Vulnerability Index

2022 county-level SVI
5.0
overall percentile nationally

Approximately 5.0% of U.S. counties have an equal or lower overall SVI ranking.

Socioeconomic status19.8
Household characteristics21.8
Racial and ethnic minority status10.9
Housing type and transportation1.2

Higher percentiles indicate greater relative social vulnerability within the CDC SVI framework. CDC SVI documentation

FEMA

National Risk Index

December 2025
21.7
overall risk score
Very Low
Expected annual loss$8.6MVery Low
NRI social vulnerability25.0Relatively Low
Community resilience67.2Relatively High

The NRI combines expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience to describe relative natural-hazard risk. FEMA NRI documentation

About these measures: CDC Social Vulnerability Index and FEMA National Risk Index Social Vulnerability are separate measures built with different methods. They are shown side by side for context and should not be interpreted as equivalent scores.

Federal Public Assistance obligated

$8M has been obligated to Nance County in Public Assistance since FY2000.

$8M followed major disasters other than COVID-19. $15K, or 0% of the total, was COVID-19, which every county in the country received.

Obligated is the committed share, not necessarily spent, and can be revised as projects close out.

Federal Public Assistance by category

Federal share obligated to this jurisdiction under FEMA Public Assistance since 2000, grouped by damage category. Figures are rounded to the nearest dollar and reflect obligations, which may change as projects close out.

CategoryProjectsFederal share obligated
Roads and bridges(C)22$5,762,050
Parks and recreation(G)3$1,499,583
Management costs(Z)6$370,116
Utilities(F)3$155,170
Emergency protective measures(B)13$108,581
Debris removal(A)5$59,791
All categories52$7,955,291

Recovery funding, how fast it came

For each disaster, the wait from the declaration to the first federal obligation (amber), then the federal share obligating after that (teal), on a shared 7-year scale. Typical wait to the first obligation here: about 217 days. An obligation is the federal share committed to the recipient state, not funds disbursed to the locality, which comes later and is not shown.

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding 2024$367K
378 days to first federal obligation
Covid-19 Pandemic 2020$15K
338 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding 2019$7.4M
190 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms And Flooding 2010$26K
244 days to first federal obligation
Severe Storms, Ice Jams, And Flooding 2010$2K
180 days to first federal obligation
Severe Winter Storms And Snowstorm 2010$9K
98 days to first federal obligation
Declared1 yr2 yr3 yr4 yr5 yr6 yr7 yr

Assistance to households (Individual Assistance)

FEMA Individual Assistance to households in this jurisdiction, combined across the Housing Assistance owner and renter programs. Valid registrations are households that applied within a designated Individual Assistance area; approved counts and dollars are the households FEMA found eligible under the Individuals and Households Program. Figures are self-reported and drawn from NEMIS through OpenFEMA, not audited, and Individual Assistance exists only for disasters where it was designated, so many jurisdictions show none.

42
valid registrations
21
households approved
$176,199
total IHP approved
Assistance typeApproved amount
Repair and replacement$138,304
Rental assistance$15,048
Other needs$22,847

Hazard mitigation, what has been funded here

Federal Hazard Mitigation Assistance obligated to this jurisdiction to reduce future disaster losses, across the FEMA mitigation programs. This is the record of past mitigation investment a local hazard mitigation plan documents. Figures are federal share obligated, reported through OpenFEMA and not audited, and are separate from the Public Assistance funding above.

$3,419,729
federal mitigation share
4
funded projects
ProgramProjectsFederal share obligated
Hazard Mitigation Grant Program(HMGP)4$3,419,729

Most common hazards

Every declaration on record

Major disaster (DR). The big one. Opens the full toolbox: repair money for public infrastructure, help for households, and mitigation funding to reduce the next loss.

Emergency (EM). Narrower and usually faster, for protective work before or during an incident. Capped, and rarely brings household assistance. Nearly every county has one from COVID-19.

Fire management (FM). Cost sharing to fight a wildfire as it burns. Not a disaster declaration, and it does not open recovery programs.

Showing 13 declarations

DateNumberTypeHazardTitle
Sep 24, 2024DR-4822-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Apr 4, 2020DR-4521-NEDRBiologicalCovid-19 Pandemic
Mar 13, 2020EM-3483-NEEMBiologicalCovid-19
Mar 21, 2019DR-4420-NEDRFloodSevere Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, And Flooding
Jun 29, 2018DR-4375-NEDRSnowstormSevere Winter Storm And Straight-Line Winds
Jul 15, 2010DR-1924-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms And Flooding
Apr 21, 2010DR-1902-NEDRFloodSevere Storms, Ice Jams, And Flooding
Feb 25, 2010DR-1878-NEDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms And Snowstorm
Jun 20, 2008DR-1770-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding
Jan 7, 2007DR-1674-NEDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storms
Jan 26, 2006DR-1627-NEDRSevere StormSevere Winter Storm
Sep 13, 2005EM-3245-NEEMHurricaneHurricane Katrina Evacuees
May 25, 2004DR-1517-NEDRSevere StormSevere Storms, Tornadoes And Flooding
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How these numbers are built

Drawn from FEMA's OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries, rebuilt each week. A declaration is counted here once for each designated area it names, so a single disaster covering many localities is counted in each one. For that reason these jurisdiction counts do not sum to Nebraska's statewide total. This page counts declarations that named this jurisdiction as a designated area. Totals cover complete fiscal years (Oct 1 to Sep 30). Declarations from the fiscal year still in progress are listed in the tables on this page but are not counted in the totals until the year is complete. Uses OpenFEMA data but is not endorsed by or affiliated with FEMA.

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