Natural hazards · Berwyn

Berwyn, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Berwyn comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Berwyn?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Berwyn to be higher than in 79% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding63%Tornadoes12%Wildfire8%Everything else17%

By hazard

What Berwyn faces

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

Inland flooding

63% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Wildfire

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Berwyn flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Custer County.

Disasters that hit Berwyn

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BerwynDeclared for Custer County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $122K to the Village of Berwyn for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $239 aid approved

Custer County has had 18 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. Berwyn 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 Berwyn’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Berwyn. 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.