Natural hazards · Hastings

Hastings, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hastings comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1978. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hastings?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hastings to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and hail.

Tornadoes26%Hail26%Inland flooding21%Strong wind10%Lightning8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Hastings faces

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

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Hail

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

21% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 25% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lightning

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesDrought

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 Hastings flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Hastings, from FEMA’s records.

11paid claims since 1978

$267Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19782026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Adams County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Hastings

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HastingsDeclared for Adams County only

2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$23K to the City of Hastings for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$45K to the City of Hastings for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$49K to the City of Hastings for repairs

2005

Severe Storms and Flooding

$201K to the City of Hastings for repairs

Adams County has had 16 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. Hastings covers 4 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Hastings’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hastings. 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 Hastings total about $6.7M 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.

Hastings, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Hastings?

What Hastings faces

Tornadoes

Hail

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Lightning

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Hastings flood?

What’s been done with FEMA grants

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms and Flooding

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