Natural hazards · Briceville

Briceville, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Briceville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Briceville?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Briceville to be higher than in 94% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Cold waves6%Tornadoes6%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Briceville faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · among the top 1% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

6% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 32 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Briceville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Anderson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

2flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Briceville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into BricevilleDeclared for Anderson County only

2002

Severe Storms and Tornados

17 households applied for aid $48K aid approved

Anderson County has had 19 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. Briceville 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 Briceville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Briceville. 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.