Natural hazards · Blendon

Blendon, MI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blendon comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Blendon?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blendon to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding66%Tornadoes12%Strong wind11%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Blendon faces

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

Inland flooding

66% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 36% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Strong wind

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blendon flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Ottawa County.

Disasters that hit Blendon

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlendonDeclared for Ottawa County only

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$882 to the Township of Blendon for repairs

Ottawa County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often floods and severe storms.

Around Blendon

Blendon and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Olivemostly inland floodingLow

Zeelandmostly inland floodingLow

Allendalemostly inland floodingLow

Georgetownmostly inland floodingVery low

Blendonmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Blendon covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blendon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Township of Blendon. 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 Blendon 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.