Natural hazards · Nashville

Nashville, KS natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nashville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nashville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nashville to be higher than in 75% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding22%Cold waves17%Tornadoes16%Wildfire12%Hail11%Drought10%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Nashville faces

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

Inland flooding

22% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 50% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 56% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Wildfire

12% of expected damage

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

Hail

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Drought

10% of expected damage

Recorded about 44 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesWinter weatherHeat wavesEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Nashville flood?

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

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Kingman County.

Disasters that hit Nashville

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NashvilleDeclared for Kingman County only

2019

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

$24K to the City of Nashville for repairs

2018

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$58K to the City of Nashville for repairs

2016

Severe Storms and Flooding

$3K to the City of Nashville for repairs

2007

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$2K to the City of Nashville for repairs

2005

Severe Winter Storms, Heavy Rains, and Flooding

$1K to the City of Nashville for repairs

Kingman County has had 17 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter 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. Nashville 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 Nashville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Nashville. 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.