Natural hazards · La Follette

La Follette, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in La Follette 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 La Follette?

High

vs. U.S. communities

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

Inland flooding54%Tornadoes13%Cold waves13%Earthquakes7%Strong wind6%Everything else6%

By hazard

What La Follette faces

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

Inland flooding

54% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 83% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 73% of U.S. places

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 77% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 74% of U.S. places

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightning

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 La Follette flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Campbell County.

Disasters that hit La Follette

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into La FolletteDeclared for Campbell County only

Campbell County has had 22 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. La Follette covers 2 census tracts, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to La Follette’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of La Follette. 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 La Follette total about $1.6M 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.