Natural hazards · Stapleton

Stapleton, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stapleton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stapleton?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stapleton to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding25%Hail23%Drought18%Tornadoes9%Wildfire9%Cold waves6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Stapleton faces

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

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 32% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Hail

23% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 50 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Wildfire

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Stapleton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Stapleton

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StapletonDeclared for Logan County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$38K to the Village of Stapleton for repairs

2010

Severe Storms and Flooding

$18K to the Village of Stapleton for repairs

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$4K to the Village of Stapleton for repairs

Logan County has had 12 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. Stapleton 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 Stapleton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Stapleton. 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.