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Natural hazards · La Vista

La Vista, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Vista comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 1993. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is La Vista?

33
Low
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in La Vista to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes43%Inland flooding18%Cold waves12%Strong wind8%Heat waves8%Hail8%Everything else4%
By hazard

What La Vista faces

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

Tornadoes

43% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

18% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 67% of U.S. places
Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places
Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Heat waves

8% of expected damage
Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places
Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Hail

8% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places
Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 La Vista flood?

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

1paid claims since 1993
$977paid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19932026

Biggest named events

  • Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $977
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. La Vista isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sarpy County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

23flood-prone properties bought out and cleared
1flood-prone homes bought out and moved
Disasters that hit La Vista

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into La VistaDeclared for Sarpy County only
2024

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$150K to the City of La Vista for repairs
2021

Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds

$18K to the City of La Vista for repairs
2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $15K aid approved
2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds

$8K to the City of La Vista for repairs
2009

Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm

$48K to the City of La Vista for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$29K to the City of La Vista for repairs
2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $9K to the City of La Vista for repairs
Sarpy County has had 21 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.
Around La Vista

La Vista and the towns around it

Papillion: Moderate, mostly tornadoesChalco: High, mostly tornadoesGretna: Moderate, mostly tornadoesLa Vista: Low, mostly tornadoes La VistaPapillionChalco
Very lowLowModerateHighVery high
Chalcomostly tornadoesHigh
Papillionmostly tornadoesModerate
La Vistamostly tornadoesLow
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. La Vista covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Vista’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Vista. 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 La Vista total about $3.4M 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.

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