Natural hazards · Bladen

Bladen, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bladen comes from hail, 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 Bladen?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bladen to be higher than in 74% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and drought.

Hail44%Drought22%Strong wind12%Inland flooding8%Tornadoes7%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Bladen faces

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

Hail

44% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

22% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

8% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 27% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 3 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

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 Bladen flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Webster County.

Disasters that hit Bladen

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BladenDeclared for Webster County only

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$5K to the Village of Bladen for repairs

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $11K aid approved $5K to the Village of Bladen for repairs

Webster County has had 14 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. Bladen 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 Bladen’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Bladen. 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.

Bladen, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Bladen?

What Bladen faces

Hail

Drought

Strong wind

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Bladen flood?

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

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