Natural hazards · Pleasanton

Pleasanton, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pleasanton comes from hail, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2019. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pleasanton?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pleasanton to be higher than in 83% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail37%Inland flooding24%Strong wind18%Drought11%Tornadoes6%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Pleasanton faces

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

Hail

37% 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

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

11% of expected damage

Recorded about 37 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% 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 Pleasanton flood?

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

1paid claims since 2019

$18Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20192026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 1 claim, $18K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Buffalo County.

Disasters that hit Pleasanton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PleasantonDeclared for Buffalo County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

8 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $53K to the Village of Pleasanton for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $8K aid approved

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the Village of Pleasanton for repairs

Buffalo County has had 17 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. Pleasanton 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 Pleasanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Pleasanton. 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.

Pleasanton, NE natural hazards

How exposed is Pleasanton?

What Pleasanton faces

Hail

Inland flooding

Strong wind

Drought

Tornadoes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Pleasanton flood?

Biggest named events

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Storms

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