Natural hazards · Hunter

Hunter, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Hunter comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Hunter?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Hunter to be higher than in 66% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding79%Strong wind6%Everything else15%

By hazard

What Hunter faces

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

Inland flooding

79% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 59% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesLightning

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingDroughtAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Hunter flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carter County.

Disasters that hit Hunter

Federal disasters declared here

None of the disasters declared for Carter County shows FEMA aid or repair money reaching Hunter itself in FEMA’s records.

Brought FEMA money into HunterDeclared for Carter County only

Carter County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Hunter

Hunter and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Huntermostly inland floodingHigh

Elizabethtonmostly inland floodingModerate

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