Natural hazards · Gleason

Gleason, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Gleason comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Gleason?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Earthquakes40%Cold waves20%Tornadoes13%Inland flooding11%Lightning6%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Gleason 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 91% of U.S. places

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 12 years in the area

Inland flooding

11% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 33% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 70% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windDrought

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 Gleason flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

No community discount. Gleason 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 Gleason

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GleasonDeclared for Weakley County only

2011

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

$37K to the Town of Gleason for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

14 households applied for aid $21K aid approved $37K to the Town of Gleason for repairs

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