Natural hazards · Bartlett

Bartlett, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bartlett comes from hail, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bartlett?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bartlett to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail.

Hail58%Strong wind14%Inland flooding13%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Bartlett faces

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

Hail

58% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Strong wind

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bartlett flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bartlett isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Wheeler County.

Disasters that hit Bartlett

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Bartlett itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Village of Bartlett.

Brought FEMA money into BartlettDeclared for Wheeler County only

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the Village of Bartlett for repairs

Wheeler County has had 12 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. Bartlett is smaller than a census tract, so it shares the figures of the tract around its center.

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

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.