Natural hazards · Plainview

Plainview, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Plainview 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 Plainview?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Plainview to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding34%Hail21%Tornadoes15%Drought12%Strong wind7%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Plainview faces

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

Inland flooding

34% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Hail

21% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 89% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 34 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year 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 Plainview flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pierce County.

Disasters that hit Plainview

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PlainviewDeclared for Pierce County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

20 households applied for aid $48K aid approved $79K to the City of Plainview for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$74K to the City of Plainview for repairs

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