Natural hazards · Blue River

Blue River, WI natural hazards

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

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blue River to be higher than in 63% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding62%Cold waves13%Tornadoes12%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Blue River faces

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

Inland flooding

62% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 44 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Blue River flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Grant County.

Disasters that hit Blue River

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into Blue RiverDeclared for Grant County only

2013

Severe Storms, Flooding, and Mudslides

$454 to the Village of Blue River for repairs

2008

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $5K aid approved

2007

Severe Storms and Flooding

56 households applied for aid $128K aid approved

Grant County has had 17 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 River 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 River’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Village of Blue River. 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.