Natural hazards · Blue

Blue, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blue?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and wildfires.

Inland flooding42%Wildfire17%Tornadoes13%Hail6%Ice storms6%Cold waves5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Blue faces

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

Inland flooding

42% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Wildfire

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Ice storms

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

Winter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Pottawatomie County.

Disasters that hit Blue

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Pottawatomie County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Blue itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BlueDeclared for Pottawatomie County only

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

Around Blue

Blue and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Bluemostly inland floodingHigh

Pottawatomiemostly inland floodingHigh

Greenmostly inland floodingHigh

Grantmostly inland floodingModerate

Manhattanmostly inland floodingModerate

Zeandalemostly inland floodingModerate

St. Georgemostly inland floodingModerate

Manhattanmostly inland floodingModerate

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