Natural hazards · Stratton

Stratton, NE natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stratton comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stratton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stratton to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding22%Strong wind22%Drought21%Hail16%Tornadoes10%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Stratton faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

22% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Drought

21% of expected damage

Recorded about 97 times a year in the area

Hail

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 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 Stratton flood?

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

Disasters that hit Stratton

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Hitchcock County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Stratton itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into StrattonDeclared for Hitchcock County only

Hitchcock County has had 7 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

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. Stratton 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 Stratton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Stratton. 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.