Natural hazards · Nelson

Nelson, NV natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nelson?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nelson to be higher than in 37% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and avalanches.

Inland flooding40%Avalanches33%Wildfire10%Earthquakes10%Heat waves7%

By hazard

What Nelson 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

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Avalanches

33% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 0% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Wildfire

10% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

10% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Heat waves

7% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about 13 times a year in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailWinter weatherLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesIce stormsCold wavesDroughtTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nelson flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Clark County.

Disasters that hit Nelson

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NelsonDeclared for Clark County only

Clark County has had 12 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often fires 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. Nelson 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 Nelson’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Nelson. 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.