Natural hazards · Schuyler

Schuyler, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Schuyler comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 100 claims here since 1979. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Schuyler?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Schuyler to be higher than in 78% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding40%Tornadoes27%Cold waves13%Strong wind8%Hail7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Schuyler faces

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

Inland flooding

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

27% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Hail

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Schuyler flood?

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

100paid claims since 1979

$839Kpaid to owners

18homes flooded more than once

19792026

Biggest named events

March 2019 Midwest Flooding: 19 claims, $128K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Colfax County.

Disasters that hit Schuyler

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into SchuylerDeclared for Colfax County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

74 households applied for aid $111K aid approved $192K to the City of Schuyler for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$144K to the City of Schuyler for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

95 households applied for aid $136K aid approved $127K to the City of Schuyler for repairs

Colfax County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

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. Schuyler covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Schuyler’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Schuyler. 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 Schuyler total about $4.1M 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.