Natural hazards · Bloomingdale

Bloomingdale, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Bloomingdale comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 7 claims here since 2013.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bloomingdale?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bloomingdale to be higher than in 5% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding55%Earthquakes20%Strong wind8%Tornadoes5%Everything else11%

By hazard

What Bloomingdale faces

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

Inland flooding

55% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 12% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

5% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 37% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Bloomingdale flood?

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

7paid claims since 2013

$177Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20132026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sullivan County.

Disasters that hit Bloomingdale

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BloomingdaleDeclared for Sullivan County only

Sullivan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Bloomingdale

Bloomingdale and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Kingsportmostly inland floodingVery low

Bloomingdalemostly inland floodingVery low

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. Bloomingdale covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Bloomingdale’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bloomingdale. 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 Bloomingdale total about $1.1M 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.