Natural hazards · Huntingdon

Huntingdon, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Huntingdon comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 15 claims here since 1978. 7 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Huntingdon?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Huntingdon to be higher than in 72% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and cold waves.

Earthquakes46%Cold waves18%Tornadoes17%Inland flooding10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Huntingdon faces

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

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 91% of U.S. places

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 45% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

17% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 98% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 43 years in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 16% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

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 Huntingdon flood?

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

15paid claims since 1978

$520Kpaid to owners

1homes flooded more than once

19782026

Biggest named events

Late spring storms: 9 claims, $388K

Homes that flooded again and again

■ FEMA “severe repetitive loss” (0) ■ flooded 2+ times

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Carroll County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built

Disasters that hit Huntingdon

7 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into HuntingdonDeclared for Carroll County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

22 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2014

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

$87K to the Town of Huntingdon for repairs

2011

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

21 households applied for aid $2K aid approved $804 to the Town of Huntingdon for repairs

2011

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

$52K to the Town of Huntingdon for repairs

2010

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

62 households applied for aid $66K aid approved $47K to the Town of Huntingdon for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

10 households applied for aid $1K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornados

13 households applied for aid $33K aid approved

Carroll County has had 20 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. Huntingdon 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 Huntingdon’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Huntingdon. 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.