Natural hazards · Blue Mound

Blue Mound, MO natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Mound 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 Mound?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Mound to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding43%Tornadoes19%Drought18%Cold waves10%Everything else12%

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

43% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 6 years in the area

Drought

18% of expected damage

Recorded about 17 times a year in the area

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Mound flood?

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

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: Livingston County.

Disasters that hit Blue Mound

3 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 Township of Blue Mound.

Brought FEMA money into Blue MoundDeclared for Livingston County only

2015

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

$36K to the Township of Blue Mound for repairs

2011

Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm

$16K to the Township of Blue Mound for repairs

2010

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Tornadoes

$15K to the Township of Blue Mound for repairs

Livingston County has had 20 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and ice storms.

Around Blue Mound

Blue Mound and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Blue Moundmostly inland floodingHigh

Greenmostly inland floodingHigh

Monroemostly inland floodingHigh

Fairviewmostly inland floodingHigh

Dawnmostly inland floodingHigh

Hillmostly inland floodingHigh

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 Township 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.