Natural hazards · Bransford

Bransford, TN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Bransford?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Bransford to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding55%Tornadoes18%Cold waves13%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Bransford 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 above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

18% 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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Bransford flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Bransford 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 Bransford

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into BransfordDeclared for Sumner County only

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. Bransford 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 Bransford’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Bransford. 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.