Natural hazards · Blountstown

Blountstown, FL natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blountstown comes from hurricanes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 31 claims here since 1990. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blountstown?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blountstown to be higher than in 88% of U.S. communities, mostly from hurricanes and inland flooding.

Hurricanes43%Inland flooding25%Tornadoes12%Strong wind6%Cold waves6%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Blountstown faces

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

Hurricanes

43% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 4 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 38 years in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingIce stormsAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blountstown flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Blountstown, from FEMA’s records.

31paid claims since 1990

$696Kpaid to owners

5homes flooded more than once

19902026

Biggest named events

Tropical Storm Alberto: 12 claims, $256K
Hurricane Ivan: 1 claim, $6K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (1) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Calhoun County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

17flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

4buildings retrofitted against wind

Disasters that hit Blountstown

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlountstownDeclared for Calhoun County only

2020

Hurricane Sally

$103K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2018

Hurricane Michael

1,752 households applied for aid $2.8M aid approved $13.0M to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2017

Hurricane Irma

$13K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2009

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

25 households applied for aid $50K aid approved $29K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2008

Tropical Storm Fay

$13K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2005

Hurricane Dennis

$15K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2004

Hurricane Ivan

99 households applied for aid $270K aid approved $38K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

2004

Hurricane Frances

$8K to the City of Blountstown for repairs

Calhoun County has had 34 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes 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. Blountstown covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blountstown’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Blountstown. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Blountstown total about $2.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.