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Blaine County, ID
10 FEMA disaster declarations (1965-2022), with a FEMA National Risk Index rating of Relatively Low. Most common hazard: Fire.
- 10
- FEMA declarations
- 4
- Major disasters
- 65
- NRI risk · Relatively Low
- Fire
- Top hazard
The verdict
Two federal records point in the busier direction for Blaine County. Its 10 FEMA declarations are 20% above the Idaho county mean and exceed the count for 10% of the 3,266 counties in this registry. Separately, FEMA's National Risk Index places it in the riskiest 35%, based on modeled expected annual loss, social vulnerability, and community resilience.
- Riskiest 35%
- of U.S. counties for FEMA National Risk Index score
- Relatively Low
- FEMA National Risk Index rating
- 10
- FEMA declarations vs 21 national county avg
- 309
- NFIP flood insurance claims filed
FEMA's National Risk Index and its declaration registry are separate measures. This county's registry includes Fire Management Assistance (FM) records, which are not presidential disaster declarations, alongside Major Disaster (DR) and Emergency (EM) records.
FEMA OpenFEMA declaration desk
County FIPS 16013 · Blaine County 10 declarations · rank 2890/3,266
DECL-MID · MAJOR-LIGHT · RANK-LOWER · PHOTO-FINISH · NRI-LOW · ACT-HIGH · TYPE-LEAD · VS-ST-ABOVE
- DECL-MID 10
- MAJOR-LIGHT 40%
- RANK-LOWER #2,890
- PHOTO-FINISH Cheyenne
- NRI-LOW 65
- ACT-HIGH High
- TYPE-LEAD Fire
- VS-ST-ABOVE +20%
Nearest declaration peer: Cheyenne, NE (0 declaration gap)
FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 filing stamps for this county register. Read with this county → · Idaho state profile
Blaine County among counties with fewer federal records
FEMA declaration records among Blaine County and nearest peers by total count
- Los Angeles · largest
Los Angeles · largest
88 declarations
- Blaine · this county 10
Blaine · this county
10 declarations
- Cheyenne · near 10
Cheyenne · near
10 declarations
- Clinton · near 10
Clinton · near
10 declarations
- Golden Valley · near 10
Golden Valley · near
10 declarations
- Ujelang · smallest 1
Ujelang · smallest
1 declarations
What this shows Blaine County carries 10 FEMA declaration records, ranked 2890 of 3,266 counties in this registry.
Blaine County versus quieter counties in this dataset
Blaine County among lower-declaration counties nationally
FEMA disaster declarations, all-time · Blaine County
10 10th percentile higher than 10% of 3,266 counties
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more counties. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source FEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 · 2026-08-25
Blaine County's FEMA Risk Index score
Which hazard drives modeled loss here?
FEMA's modeled annual dollar loss for Blaine County is led by Riverine Flooding (about $15.2M Expected Annual Loss, Historical Loss Ratio Relatively High), while Avalanche carries the highest National Risk Index rating (Very High). EAL and risk score use different inputs; they need not agree.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025 release) - Expected Annual Loss vs composite risk rating by hazard.
What does Blaine County's hazard record show?
Reading the federal records together
The NFIP claims register shows a middle-volume loss record here: 309 paid claims, totaling $3.9M. PlainHazard uses 50-499 claims for this descriptive band; FEMA does not publish it as a safety or coverage category. The $12.5K average describes payments on recorded claims only, leaving uninsured damage and properties without a claim outside the measure.
The declaration register points in the busier direction. Blaine County's 10 federal records stand 20% above the Idaho county mean of 8.3. That comparison describes how often federal action was recorded, including any Major Disaster, Emergency, and Fire Management entries shown on this page; it does not convert the count into future probability.
FEMA National Risk Index
This county carries a high composite score on FEMA's National Risk Index, 65.4/100, rated Relatively Low. Its Expected Annual Loss rating is Relatively Low (roughly $28.2M in annualized losses), and a Relatively Low social-vulnerability profile combined with Relatively Low community resilience shapes how much of that raw exposure becomes realized harm. Of the 18 hazards FEMA models, Avalanche stands out as the sharpest exposure here, rated Very High. FEMA's modeled frequency puts that hazard at roughly once every 2 years here, based on 15 historical events on record.
45 /100
Historical Activity Index
Moderate historical activity
Blaine County, ID · PlainHazard-derived composite from federal records
This 0–100 index is an explicit PlainHazard composite from FEMA declaration history only on the county surface (this DB has no county-level NOAA damage row) . It is not FEMA's National Risk Index, not a forecast, and not a safety, insurance, or preparedness rating. Open the calculator · Methodology
FEMA Declarations (1953–present) Low
7/30
10 OpenFEMA declarations, full ingest window (0.5x national county average)
County Disaster Density High
15/25
10 declarations (1.2x state county average of 8)
Major Disaster Share Moderate
10/25
4 of 10 declarations are major disasters (40%)
Hazard Diversity High
13/20
5 different disaster types declared in Blaine County
FEMA NRI 8-hazard radar - Blaine County
How to read this radar
Each axis: NRI risk rating (Very Low-Very High) on a 0-100 scale. Rounder = broad exposure; spiky = one or two hazards dominate.
Major Disaster share
40%
Mixed major share
NRI risk score
65
Relatively Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Per-county per-hazard ratings, December 2025 release
How often does each hazard strike Blaine County?
FEMA's National Risk Index models a historical event count and an annualized frequency for each hazard type. Most hazards are expressed as modeled occurrences per year; FEMA expresses drought and heat-wave frequency as event-days per year. These modeled frequencies are not forecasts.
| Hazard | NRI Risk Rating | Recurrence |
|---|---|---|
| Avalanche | Very High | roughly once every 2 years |
| Wildfire | Relatively Moderate | roughly once every 128 years |
| Winter Weather | Relatively High | an average of 20 times per year |
| Landslide | Relatively Low | roughly once every 1 years |
| Earthquake | Relatively Low | roughly once every 76 years |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Low | an average of 1 time per year |
| Heat Wave | Relatively Low | 1.7 modeled event-days per year |
| Volcanic Activity | Very Low | roughly once every 1,667 years |
| Lightning | Relatively Low | an average of 26 times per year |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Low | roughly once every 1 years |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Low | roughly once every 2 years |
| Drought | Very Low | 75 modeled event-days per year |
| Ice Storm | Very Low | roughly once every 64 years |
| Tornado | Very Low | roughly once every 5 years |
| Hail | Very Low | roughly once every 5 years |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index Modeled annualized frequency; drought and heat wave use event-days/year, December 2025 release
Disaster Types
Fire 4
Biological 2
Flood 2
Hurricane 1
Drought 1
What Fire declarations mean here
Fire is the most frequent declaration type on Blaine County's record, 40% of its declarations. Wildfire is the one hazard here with its own dedicated federal instrument: the Fire Management Assistance Grant, which appears in this data as an FM record. An FMAG can be authorised while a fire is still burning, on a timescale of hours, because its purpose is to reimburse the cost of fighting a fire that threatens to become a major disaster.
That distinction matters when comparing counties. An FM declaration is not a presidential major disaster declaration and does not carry the same assistance programmes, so a fire-heavy county's total is not directly comparable with a hurricane-heavy county's total unless the declaration types are separated, which is why they are listed separately on this page.
Declaration counts describe past federal action. They are a record of what was declared, not a forecast of future hazard probability.
Declaration Types
What DR / EM / FM mean
FEMA categorizes declarations as Major Disasters (DR), Emergencies (EM), or Fire Management Assistance (FM).
Major Disaster - 4 40.0%
of all 10 declarations
Fire Management - 3 30.0%
of all 10 declarations
Emergency - 3 30.0%
of all 10 declarations
FEMA Declarations Timeline
| Year | Declarations | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 1 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 1 | |
| 1977 | 1 | |
| 1965 | 1 | |
Disaster Declarations
How the 10 FEMA declarations break into federal action codes (DR / EM / FM). Same DISTINCT grain as the table below.
Download these 10 declarations as CSV . FEMA source data is public domain; our derived presentation is CC0.
| DR# | Title | Type | Incident | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5452 | ROSS FORK FIRE | FM | Fire | 2022-09-05 |
| 4534 | COVID-19 PANDEMIC | DR | Biological | 2020-04-09 |
| 3467 | COVID-19 | EM | Biological | 2020-03-13 |
| 4333 | FLOODING, LANDSLIDES, AND MUDSLIDES | DR | Flood | 2017-08-27 |
| 5045 | BEAVER CREEK FIRE | FM | Fire | 2013-08-15 |
| 2724 | CASTLE ROCK FIRE | FM | Fire | 2007-08-28 |
| 3244 | HURRICANE KATRINA | EM | Hurricane | 2005-09-13 |
| 1341 | WILDFIRES | DR | Fire | 2000-09-01 |
| 3040 | DROUGHT | EM | Drought | 1977-05-05 |
| 186 | HEAVY RAINS & FLOODING | DR | Flood | 1964-12-31 |
Storm Events in Idaho
Statewide NOAA context only. PlainHazard does not currently attribute these state totals to Blaine County.
| Storm Type | Events | Fatalities | Injuries | Property Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heavy Snow | 1,495 | 1 | 13 | $100.9M |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 1,087 | 9 | 26 | $3.6M |
| Winter Storm | 492 | 4 | 15 | $1.0M |
| High Wind | 396 | 4 | 6 | $10.6M |
| Winter Weather | 297 | 10 | 15 | $1.7M |
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database State-level aggregated data, 2015-2025
NFIP Flood Insurance Claims
Total Claims
309
Total Paid
$3.9M
Avg Per Claim
$12.5K
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA Claims Data
FEMA National Risk Index
Overall Risk
Relatively Low
Score: 65.4/100
Expected Annual Loss
Relatively Low
$28.2M/year
Social Vulnerability
Relatively Low
Community Resilience
Relatively Low
Hazard Risk Breakdown
Avalanche Very High
Wildfire Relatively Moderate
Winter Weather Relatively High
Landslide Relatively Low
Earthquake Relatively Low
Riverine Flooding Relatively Low
Heat Wave Relatively Low
Volcanic Activity Very Low
Lightning Relatively Low
Cold Wave Relatively Low
Strong Wind Relatively Low
Drought Very Low
Ice Storm Very Low
Tornado Very Low
Hail Very Low
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (NRI) Ratings reflect relative scores among all US counties. Data: hazards.fema.gov/nri
The model's sharpest exposure here: Avalanche
Avalanche is the most geographically restricted hazard in the model, limited to steep terrain holding seasonal snow. Its exposure concentrates on mountain roads, rail corridors and backcountry recreation rather than on the built environment generally.
Worth noting for Blaine County: the model and the federal record do NOT point at the same hazard. Avalanche carries the highest modeled rating (Very High), while the county's declaration history is led by Fire. That is not a contradiction, the two measure genuinely different things. Declarations record federal ACTION, which requires damage costly enough to exceed state and local capacity; the Risk Index models EXPECTED annual loss across all 18 hazards whether or not any declaration ever followed. A hazard can be the county's largest modeled exposure and never once have driven a declaration.
National Risk Index ratings are modeled estimates of expected annual loss, not predictions of what will happen in any given year.
Data-matched county comparisons
Blaine County's closest FEMA peer: Wapello County, IA
Comparisons use published FEMA declaration fields plus the National Risk Index composite for Blaine County. Record similarity, not a safety rating.
Similar modeled NRI score
Blaine County: NRI composite 65.4 (Relatively Low).
Similar Major-disaster share
Blaine County: 4 of 10 of its declarations are Major.
Closest declaration profiles
Blaine County shows 10 FEMA declarations, led by Fire.
How these peers are chosen
Cohort: Published U.S. county equivalents outside the source state or territory. Each metric keeps six ETL candidates; three unique destinations are shown after de-duplicating across axes. Declaration-volume ranking combines count and Major-disaster share and prefers a different leading incident type; Major-share ranks the Major fraction adjusted for volume; NRI ranks the modeled composite score only.
Retained FEMA snapshot feed for Blaine County - capture-dated entries only.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by NRI score & FEMA declaration volume
Two PlainHazard-derived comparison paths for Blaine County: nearest out-of-state National Risk Index composite and nearest FEMA declaration count (floor ≥5 records). Record similarity only, not a forecast of the next hazard.
Similar NRI composite
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA NRI score. This county: 65.4 (Relatively Low).
Similar declaration volume
Nearest out-of-state counties by FEMA declaration count. This county: 10. NRI peers are excluded so the two link sets stay distinct.
Further reading for this county
Understanding disaster data
Blaine County's NFIP claims file (309 claims) and FEMA declaration history measure different federal records - this guide separates them from modeled NRI risk.
More PlainHazard guides
- Most disaster-prone counties - U.S. counties ranked by FEMA declaration totals.
- Understanding disaster data - declarations vs storm events vs NRI scores.
- Preparing for natural disasters - household checklist (not county-specific advice).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the most common disaster type in Blaine County?
The most common disaster type in Blaine County is Fire, with 4 declarations. Other disaster types include Biological (2), Flood (2), Hurricane (1).
How does Blaine County's FEMA declaration record compare with the Idaho average?
FEMA lists 10 declaration records for Blaine County. That is 20% above the Idaho county mean of 8.3. Its count is also 52% below the national county mean of 20.7. A larger declaration history records more federal actions; it is not a forecast of the county's next hazard.
How many major FEMA disaster declarations has Blaine County received?
Blaine County has received 4 major disaster declarations, representing 40% of all 10 disaster declarations.
How many flood insurance claims has Blaine County filed?
Blaine County has 309 National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims totaling $3.9M in payments, with an average of $12.5K per claim.
Does FEMA's top risk-rated hazard match the highest Expected Annual Loss in Blaine County?
No. In Blaine County, Avalanche has the highest National Risk Index rating (Very High), while Riverine Flooding leads Expected Annual Loss at about $15.2M. FEMA's risk score and dollar-loss model use different inputs, so the leaders often differ.
What was the worst year for disasters in Blaine County?
The most active year for disaster declarations in Blaine County was 2020, with 2 declarations. The county has FEMA disaster data spanning 1965 to 2022.
What is the FEMA National Risk Index score for Blaine County?
According to the FEMA National Risk Index, Blaine County, Idaho has an overall risk score of 65.4 out of 100 (Relatively Low). Social vulnerability here rates Relatively Low, while community resilience comes in at Relatively Low. The Expected Annual Loss (EAL) score is Relatively Low, representing $28.2M in annualized losses.
Which natural hazard poses the greatest risk to Blaine County?
FEMA's NRI data points to Blaine County as of the latest release is Avalanche (risk rating: Very High). Other significant hazards include Wildfire (Relatively Moderate) and Winter Weather (Relatively High). FEMA's modeled event frequency puts avalanche here at roughly once every 2 years, drawn from 15 historical events on record. FEMA derives these ratings from historical event frequency, the assets exposed, and the community's vulnerability profile.
Data Sources & Methodology
Disaster declaration data comes from the FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries v2 API, which includes all federally declared disasters, emergencies, and fire management assistance grants.
Storm event data is sourced from the NOAA Storm Events Database (2015-2025), which tracks significant weather events including thunderstorms, tornadoes, floods, and winter storms.
Flood insurance data comes from the FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) OpenFEMA claims dataset.
This data is provided for informational purposes only. FEMA disaster declarations represent federal response actions and may not capture all local emergencies or weather events.
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