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Natural hazards · Kenton

Kenton, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Kenton comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 12 claims here since 2001. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Kenton?

86
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Kenton to be higher than in 86% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes62%Tornadoes11%Inland flooding10%Cold waves7%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Kenton faces

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

Earthquakes

62% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places
Recorded about once every 31 years in the area

Inland flooding

10% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 31% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Cold waves

7% 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 Kenton flood?

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

12paid claims since 2001
$335Kpaid to owners
2homes flooded more than once
20012026

Biggest named events

  • Late winter severe storms: 3 claims, $75K
  • Late spring storms: 3 claims, $139K
  • Central U.S. April Flooding: 1 claim, $34K

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. Kenton isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Gibson County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Kenton

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into KentonDeclared for Gibson County only
2025

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

3 households applied for aid $14K aid approved $921K to the Town of Kenton for repairs
2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid
2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

53 households applied for aid $133K aid approved $325K to the Town of Kenton for repairs
2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$35K to the Town of Kenton for repairs
2011

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

5 households applied for aid $12K aid approved
2010

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

45 households applied for aid $209K aid approved $20K to the Town of Kenton for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

25 households applied for aid $41K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $17K aid approved
Gibson County has had 23 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. Kenton 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 Kenton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Kenton. 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.

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