Natural hazards · Hohenwald

Hohenwald, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hohenwald comes from tornadoes, and overall the risk is moderate for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 2 claims here since 2002. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hohenwald?

Moderate

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hohenwald to be higher than in 51% of U.S. communities, mostly from tornadoes and inland flooding.

Tornadoes29%Inland flooding24%Earthquakes20%Cold waves15%Strong wind6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Hohenwald faces

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

Tornadoes

29% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Inland flooding

24% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 41% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

20% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Cold waves

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 44% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 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 Hohenwald flood?

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

2paid claims since 2002

$59Kpaid to owners

0homes flooded more than once

20022026

Biggest named events

Early winter storms: 1 claim, $6K

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Lewis County.

Disasters that hit Hohenwald

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HohenwaldDeclared for Lewis County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

137 households applied for aid $160K aid approved $146K to the City of Hohenwald for repairs

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

39 households applied for aid $75K aid approved

2010

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

172 households applied for aid $353K aid approved $44K to the City of Hohenwald for repairs

2008

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

13 households applied for aid $15K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

6 households applied for aid $34K aid approved

Lewis County has had 20 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. Hohenwald 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 Hohenwald’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Hohenwald. 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.