Natural hazards · Blue Mound

Blue Mound, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Mound comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blue Mound?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Mound to be higher than in 49% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes15%Strong wind9%Hail6%Cold waves6%Heat waves6%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Blue Mound faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 88% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about 8 times a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 39% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Blue Mound flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Linn County.

Disasters that hit Blue Mound

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Blue MoundDeclared for Linn County only

2024

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

$39K to the City of Blue Mound for repairs

2013

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

$2K to the City of Blue Mound for repairs

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $3K aid approved

2002

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$40K to the City of Blue Mound for repairs

Linn County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.

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

Blue Mound, KS natural hazards

How exposed is Blue Mound?

What Blue Mound faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Strong wind

Hail

Cold waves

Heat waves

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Blue Mound flood?

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

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

Severe Storms and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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