Natural hazards · Blue Eye

Blue Eye, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Eye comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blue Eye?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Eye to be higher than in 71% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and strong winds.

Inland flooding41%Strong wind32%Tornadoes7%Everything else19%

By hazard

What Blue Eye faces

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

Inland flooding

41% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 79% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Strong wind

32% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years 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 Blue Eye flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Stone County.

Disasters that hit Blue Eye

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Blue EyeDeclared for Stone County only

2017

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $706 aid approved

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

3 households applied for aid $118 aid approved

2008

Severe Storms, Flooding, and a Tornado

1 household applied for aid

Stone County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

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