Natural hazards · Blairsville

Blairsville, GA natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blairsville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blairsville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding51%Cold waves20%Tornadoes13%Everything else16%

By hazard

What Blairsville faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 52% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 93% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 61 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blairsville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Blairsville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlairsvilleDeclared for Union County only

2004

Hurricane Ivan

30 households applied for aid $7K aid approved

Union County has had 13 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. Blairsville 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 Blairsville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Blairsville. 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.