Natural hazards · Alexandria

Alexandria, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Alexandria comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2010. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Alexandria?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Alexandria to be higher than in 80% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding65%Tornadoes11%Cold waves9%Strong wind6%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Alexandria faces

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

Inland flooding

65% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Alexandria flood?

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

1paid claims since 2010

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20102026

Biggest named events

Late spring storms: 1 claim, $5K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: DeKalb County.

Disasters that hit Alexandria

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into AlexandriaDeclared for DeKalb County only

2010

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

31 households applied for aid $80K aid approved $22K to the Town of Alexandria for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

DeKalb 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. Alexandria 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 Alexandria’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Alexandria. 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.