Natural hazards · Blue Mountain

Blue Mountain, AR natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Mountain comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blue Mountain?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Mountain to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Tornadoes11%Heat waves6%Everything else21%

By hazard

What Blue Mountain faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blue Mountain flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Logan County.

Disasters that hit Blue Mountain

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Blue Mountain itself: aid to households, or repair grants to the Town of Blue Mountain.

Brought FEMA money into Blue MountainDeclared for Logan County only

2015

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$55K to the Town of Blue Mountain for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

7 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$3K to the Town of Blue Mountain for repairs

Logan County has had 18 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. Blue Mountain 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 Blue Mountain’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Blue Mountain. 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.