Natural hazards · Jacks Creek

Jacks Creek, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Jacks Creek 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 Jacks Creek?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Jacks Creek to be higher than in 68% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and inland flooding.

Earthquakes26%Inland flooding23%Tornadoes21%Cold waves19%Everything else10%

By hazard

What Jacks Creek faces

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

Earthquakes

26% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

23% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 61% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

21% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 15 years in the area

Cold waves

19% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times 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 Jacks Creek flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Chester County.

Disasters that hit Jacks Creek

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

Disasters the President declared that paid out in Jacks Creek itself: aid to households, or repair grants to Jacks Creek.

Brought FEMA money into Jacks CreekDeclared for Chester County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

6 households applied for aid $32K aid approved

2010

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

3 households applied for aid $2K aid approved

Chester County has had 13 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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