Natural hazards · Greenbrier

Greenbrier, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Greenbrier comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 1 claim here since 2017. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Greenbrier?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding31%Cold waves20%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes11%Strong wind9%Everything else12%

By hazard

What Greenbrier faces

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

Inland flooding

31% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

20% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 92 years in the area

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

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

Strong wind

9% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about 6 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Greenbrier flood?

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

1paid claims since 2017

$5Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20172026

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Robertson County.

Disasters that hit Greenbrier

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into GreenbrierDeclared for Robertson County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

14 households applied for aid $19K aid approved

2010

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

68 households applied for aid $101K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid

Robertson County has had 11 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Greenbrier

Greenbrier and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Springfieldmostly earthquakesLow

Greenbriermostly inland floodingLow

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