Natural hazards · Dandridge

Dandridge, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dandridge comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Dandridge?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dandridge to be higher than in 23% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding57%Tornadoes15%Earthquakes14%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Dandridge faces

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

Inland flooding

57% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 58% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

14% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Dandridge flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Jefferson County.

Disasters that hit Dandridge

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DandridgeDeclared for Jefferson County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

$26K to the Town of Dandridge for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornado

$51K to the Town of Dandridge for repairs

2015

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$10K to the Town of Dandridge for repairs

2011

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

$22K to the Town of Dandridge for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

1 household applied for aid

Jefferson County has had 18 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Dandridge

Dandridge and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Dandridgemostly inland floodingLow

Jefferson Citymostly inland floodingLow

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. Dandridge covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Dandridge’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Dandridge. 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 Dandridge total about $996K 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.