Natural hazards · Dukedom

Dukedom, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Dukedom comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is 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 Dukedom?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Dukedom to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and cold waves.

Earthquakes40%Cold waves17%Inland flooding12%Tornadoes11%Drought6%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Dukedom faces

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

Earthquakes

40% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Cold waves

17% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

12% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Drought

6% of expected damage

Recorded about 11 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Dukedom flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Weakley County.

Disasters that hit Dukedom

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into DukedomDeclared for Weakley County only

2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

1 household applied for aid

Weakley County has had 17 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. Dukedom 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 Dukedom’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Dukedom. 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.