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Martin, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Martin comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. Flood insurance has paid 11 claims here since 1980. 8 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

How exposed is Martin?

84
Very high
vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Martin to be higher than in 84% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes64%Cold waves11%Tornadoes10%Inland flooding6%Everything else10%
By hazard

What Martin faces

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

Earthquakes

64% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 96% of U.S. places

Cold waves

11% of expected damage
Below average · higher than 47% of U.S. places
Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

10% of expected damage
Well above average · higher than 97% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

6% of expected damage
Well below average · higher than 10% 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 Martin flood?

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

11paid claims since 1980
$48Kpaid to owners
0homes flooded more than once
19802026

Biggest named events

  • Heavy rains: 1 claim, $6K
of homes in flood zones
are insured
of all homes
are insured
No community discount. Martin isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Weakley County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

1storm safe rooms built
Disasters that hit Martin

8 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MartinDeclared for Weakley County only
2021

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

13 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2020

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding

$53K to the City of Martin for repairs
2011

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

$19K to the City of Martin for repairs
2011

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

2 households applied for aid $135 aid approved
2009

Severe Winter Storm and Flooding

$19K to the City of Martin for repairs
2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

2 households applied for aid $2K aid approved
2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

35 households applied for aid $18K aid approved $47K to the City of Martin for repairs
2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$31K to the City of Martin for repairs
Weakley County has had 17 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. Martin covers 3 census tracts, combined by population.
Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Martin’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Martin. 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 Martin total about $11.3M 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.

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