Natural hazards · Wilber

Wilber, NE natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Wilber to be higher than in 73% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and hail.

Inland flooding37%Hail19%Tornadoes18%Strong wind12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Wilber faces

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

Inland flooding

37% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Hail

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 8 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 10 years in the area

Strong wind

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat 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 Wilber flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Saline County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

9storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Wilber

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WilberDeclared for Saline County only

2019

Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid $881 aid approved

2004

Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding

40 households applied for aid $20K aid approved $94K to the City of Wilber for repairs

Saline County has had 19 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. Wilber 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 Wilber’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Wilber. 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.