Bethel Census Area Severe Weather History
Bethel Census Area has recorded 0 severe weather events since 1950. Reported property damage totals $0.
Storm risk snapshot
FEMA National Risk Index · December 2025Forward-looking risk from FEMA's National Risk Index — a complement to the historical record below. About the NRI.
By hazard type
Federal disaster declarations
25 federal disaster declarations affecting Bethel Census Area (FEMA).
| Date | Incident | Type | Disaster # |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2025 | Flood | DR | 4893 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Flood | DR | 4893 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Flood | DR | 4893 |
| Oct 22, 2025 | Flood | DR | 4893 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Flood | DR | 4730 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Flood | DR | 4730 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Flood | DR | 4730 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Flood | DR | 4730 |
| Aug 23, 2023 | Flood | DR | 4730 |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Severe Storm | DR | 4672 |
| Sep 23, 2022 | Severe Storm | DR | 4672 |
| Aug 26, 2022 | Flood | DR | 4667 |
Before 1950: historical newspaper accounts
The structured government storm record for Bethel Census Area begins in 1950. Severe weather from earlier decades survives in first-hand newspaper reporting — eyewitness accounts, damage and casualties that predate the official database.
The Library of Congress's Chronicling America archive holds millions of digitized, public-domain newspaper pages from 1836–1949. Search it for storms in Bethel Census Area:
Search 1836–1949 newspapers for Bethel Census Area →Source: Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers (public domain). Opens on loc.gov.