Natural hazards · Flintville

Flintville, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Flintville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 4 claims here since 1997. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Flintville?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Flintville to be higher than in 47% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and tornadoes.

Inland flooding32%Tornadoes28%Cold waves13%Drought7%Strong wind7%Earthquakes7%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Flintville faces

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

Inland flooding

32% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 53% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

28% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

7% of expected damage

Recorded about 24 times a year in the area

Strong wind

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about 7 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 Flintville flood?

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

4paid claims since 1997

$31Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

19972026

Biggest named events

Heavy rains: 1 claim, $10K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lincoln County.

Disasters that hit Flintville

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into FlintvilleDeclared for Lincoln County only

2011

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

3 households applied for aid

Lincoln 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. Flintville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Flintville’s own flood-insurance community (here, the census tracts inside it); household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Flintville. 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 Flintville total about $2.1M 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.

Flintville, TN natural hazards

How exposed is Flintville?

What Flintville faces

Inland flooding

Tornadoes

Cold waves

Drought

Strong wind

Earthquakes

Lower here

Not a risk here

Does Flintville flood?

Biggest named events

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

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