Natural hazards · Arthur

Arthur, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Arthur comes from drought, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025 · OpenFEMA claims, aid & declarations

Expected damage

How exposed is Arthur?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Arthur to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from drought and inland flooding.

Drought27%Inland flooding24%Hail16%Wildfire13%Cold waves9%Tornadoes5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Arthur faces

Each hazard’s share of the damage FEMA expects here, and how that compares with the rest of the country.

Drought

27% of expected damage

Recorded about 71 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 14 years in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Wildfire

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic activity

Flood risk changes street by street. Check a specific address on FEMA’s flood map, and ask about flood insurance before you buy.

Flood insurance claims

Does Arthur flood?

FEMA's records show no paid flood insurance claims in Arthur.

Disasters that hit Arthur

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Arthur County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Arthur itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into ArthurDeclared for Arthur County only

Arthur County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

About these numbers

How to read this page

An average, not a forecastFEMA’s National Risk Index estimates the damage 18 kinds of natural hazards cause in a typical year, from decades of records and models. A quiet decade can follow a bad year.

Compared by rate“Higher than N%” compares yearly damage as a share of what’s here, so a big city isn’t rated riskier just for having more buildings. Arthur covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Arthur’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Arthur. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Arthur total about $743K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

Sources: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025); OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Census tracts: U.S. Census Bureau.