Natural hazards · Blue Mound

Blue Mound, TX natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blue Mound comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 1996. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blue Mound?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue Mound to be higher than in 29% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding35%Tornadoes25%Hail24%Heat waves9%Cold waves5%Everything else3%

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

35% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 14% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

25% of expected damage

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

Hail

24% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 10 times a year in the area

Heat waves

9% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 19 times a year in the area

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Mound flood?

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

2paid claims since 1996

$22Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19962026

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: Tarrant County.

Disasters that hit Blue Mound

2 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 City of Blue Mound.

Brought FEMA money into Blue MoundDeclared for Tarrant County only

2021

Severe Winter Storms

5 households applied for aid

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Tarrant County has had 23 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often hurricanes and severe storms.

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 City 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.