Natural hazards · Blossom

Blossom, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blossom comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1989. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blossom?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blossom to be higher than in 33% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes31%Inland flooding25%Cold waves17%Ice storms7%Heat waves6%Hail6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Blossom faces

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

Tornadoes

31% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 16 years in the area

Inland flooding

25% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 13% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Ice storms

7% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Heat waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 15 times a year in the area

Hail

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Blossom flood?

Every paid claim on a federal flood insurance policy in Blossom, from FEMA’s records.

4paid claims since 1989

$195Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lamar County.

Disasters that hit Blossom

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BlossomDeclared for Lamar County only

2024

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

13 households applied for aid $18K aid approved

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid

2016

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$39K to the City of Blossom for repairs

2000

Severe Winter Ice Storm

$66K to the City of Blossom for repairs

Lamar County has had 20 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. Blossom 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 Blossom’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Blossom. 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.

Blossom, TX natural hazards

How exposed is Blossom?

What Blossom faces

Tornadoes

Inland flooding

Cold waves

Ice storms

Heat waves

Hail

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Blossom flood?

Homes that flooded again and again

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Severe Winter Storms

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

Severe Winter Ice Storm

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