Natural hazards · Blue Hill

Blue Hill, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Hill comes from hail, and overall the risk is high 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 Blue Hill?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Hill to be higher than in 67% of U.S. communities, mostly from hail and inland flooding.

Hail40%Inland flooding24%Strong wind13%Drought10%Tornadoes7%Everything else7%

By hazard

What Blue Hill faces

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

Hail

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Strong wind

13% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 25 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

Ice stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hill flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Mitchell County.

Disasters that hit Blue Hill

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Blue HillDeclared for Mitchell County only

2011

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

$29K to the Township of Blue Hill for repairs

Mitchell County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and hurricanes.

Around Blue Hill

Blue Hill and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blue Hillmostly hailHigh

Round Springsmostly hailHigh

Custermostly hailHigh

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 Hill 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 Hill’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Blue Hill. 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.