Natural hazards · Farragut

Farragut, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Farragut comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 14 claims here since 1998. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Farragut?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Farragut to be higher than in 46% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding51%Earthquakes24%Tornadoes13%Cold waves5%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Farragut faces

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

Inland flooding

51% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

24% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Cold waves

5% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Farragut flood?

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

14paid claims since 1998

$162Kpaid to owners

2homes flooded more than once

19982026

Biggest named events

Mid-spring storms: 1 claim, $8K

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. Farragut isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit Farragut

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FarragutDeclared for Knox County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornado

$23K to the Town of Farragut for repairs

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$234K to the Town of Farragut for repairs

2011

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

3 households applied for aid

Knox County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Farragut

Farragut and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Farragutmostly inland floodingModerate

Knoxvillemostly 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. Farragut covers 6 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Farragut’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Farragut. 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 Farragut total about $11.0M 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.