Natural hazards · Blanche

Blanche, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Blanche comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Blanche?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Blanche to be higher than in 53% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding36%Tornadoes28%Cold waves12%Earthquakes7%Strong wind6%Drought5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Blanche faces

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

Inland flooding

36% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 13 years in the area

Cold waves

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Drought

5% of expected damage

Recorded about 33 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Blanche flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Blanche

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Lincoln County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Blanche itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into BlancheDeclared for Lincoln County only

Lincoln County has had 14 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. Blanche covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Blanche’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Blanche. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Blanche total about $1.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.