Natural hazards · Mosheim

Mosheim, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Mosheim comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very 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 Mosheim?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Mosheim to be higher than in 7% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding50%Tornadoes13%Earthquakes12%Cold waves10%Lightning6%Strong wind6%Everything else3%

By hazard

What Mosheim 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

Well below average · higher than 18% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

13% of expected damage

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

Earthquakes

12% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 71% of U.S. places

Cold waves

10% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 46% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lightning

6% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 82% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 64% of U.S. places

Recorded about 4 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslides

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 Mosheim flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Greene County.

Disasters that hit Mosheim

3 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into MosheimDeclared for Greene County only

2024

Tropical Storm Helene

147 households applied for aid $310K aid approved

2019

Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides

$36K to the Town of Mosheim for repairs

2011

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

15 households applied for aid $6K aid approved

Greene County has had 14 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

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. Mosheim covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Mosheim’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Mosheim. 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 Mosheim total about $387K 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.