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Natural hazards · Bethpage

Bethpage, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bethpage comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate 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 Bethpage?

58
Moderate
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bethpage to be higher than in 58% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding51%Tornadoes19%Cold waves13%Earthquakes5%Everything else11%
By hazard

What Bethpage faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

19% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 28 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places
Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

5% of expected damage
Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Bethpage flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Bethpage isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Sumner County.
Disasters that hit Bethpage

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BethpageDeclared for Sumner County only
2026

Severe Winter Storm

57 households applied for aid $318K aid approved
2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid
2010

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

137 households applied for aid $498K aid approved
2008

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

40 households applied for aid $63K aid approved
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid
Sumner County has had 19 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and tornadoes.
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. Bethpage 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 Bethpage’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bethpage. 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.

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