Natural hazards · Blodgett

Blodgett, OR natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding53%Earthquakes35%Landslides8%Everything else5%

By hazard

What Blodgett faces

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

Inland flooding

53% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

35% of expected damage

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

Landslides

8% of expected damage

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

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireStrong windLightningAvalanchesVolcanic activity

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesDroughtTsunamis

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 Blodgett flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Benton County.

Disasters that hit Blodgett

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlodgettDeclared for Benton County only

2020

Wildfires and Straight-Line Winds

1 household applied for aid $3K aid approved

Benton County has had 13 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. Blodgett 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 Blodgett’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Blodgett. 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.