Natural hazards · Cornersville

Cornersville, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Cornersville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1989. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Cornersville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Cornersville to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding46%Tornadoes26%Cold waves15%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Cornersville faces

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

Inland flooding

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

26% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 8 years in the area

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% 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 Cornersville flood?

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

4paid claims since 1989

$23Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19892026

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Marshall County.

Disasters that hit Cornersville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into CornersvilleDeclared for Marshall County only

2010

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

2 households applied for aid

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$28K to the Town of Cornersville for repairs

Marshall 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. Cornersville 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 Cornersville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Cornersville. 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.