Natural hazards · Tilden

Tilden, NE natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Tilden to be higher than in 62% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding32%Hail20%Tornadoes18%Drought10%Strong wind8%Cold waves5%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Tilden faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Hail

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 45 times a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 63% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Tilden flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Madison County.

Disasters that hit Tilden

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into TildenDeclared for Madison County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2006

Severe Winter Storms

$2K to the City of Tilden for repairs

Madison County has had 16 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. Tilden 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 Tilden’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Tilden. 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.