Natural hazards · Maynardville

Maynardville, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Maynardville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community. 3 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Maynardville?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Maynardville to be higher than in 31% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes12%Earthquakes11%Cold waves10%Strong wind8%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Maynardville faces

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

Inland flooding

50% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 2 years in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 55% of U.S. places

Earthquakes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 76% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 40% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Strong wind

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 86% 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 Maynardville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Union County.

Disasters that hit Maynardville

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MaynardvilleDeclared for Union County only

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$3K to the City of Maynardville for repairs

2011

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$9K to the City of Maynardville for repairs

2003

Severe Storms and Flooding

$168K to the City of Maynardville for repairs

Union County has had 13 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. Maynardville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Maynardville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Maynardville. 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 Maynardville total about $900K 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.