Natural hazards · John Sevier

John Sevier, TN natural hazards

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

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

Expected damage

How exposed is John Sevier?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in John Sevier to be higher than in 18% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding45%Earthquakes22%Tornadoes15%Cold waves10%Everything else9%

By hazard

What John Sevier faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

Well below average · higher than 21% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

22% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 80% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 John Sevier flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Knox County.

Disasters that hit John Sevier

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into John SevierDeclared for Knox County only

Knox County has had 16 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around John Sevier

John Sevier and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Knoxvillemostly inland floodingLow

John Seviermostly inland floodingVery low

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. John Sevier covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to John Sevier’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to John Sevier. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across John Sevier total about $881K a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.