Natural hazards · Miston

Miston, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Miston comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Miston?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Miston to be higher than in 85% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes.

Earthquakes46%Inland flooding14%Drought12%Tornadoes11%Cold waves9%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Miston faces

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

Earthquakes

46% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 94% of U.S. places

Inland flooding

14% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 62% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Drought

12% of expected damage

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 5 years in the area

Cold waves

9% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong windLightning

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 Miston flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dyer County.

What’s been done with FEMA grants

3flood-prone properties bought out and cleared

Disasters that hit Miston

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into MistonDeclared for Dyer County only

Dyer County has had 19 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. Miston 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 Miston’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Miston. 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.