Natural hazards · Bassett

Bassett, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bassett comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low 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 Bassett?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bassett to be higher than in 32% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding25%Cold waves19%Tornadoes12%Wildfire11%Hail10%Drought9%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Bassett faces

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

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Hail

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

9% of expected damage

Recorded about 36 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Bassett flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Rock County.

Disasters that hit Bassett

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BassettDeclared for Rock County only

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$833 to the City of Bassett for repairs

Rock 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. Bassett 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 Bassett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Bassett. 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.