Natural hazards · Norene

Norene, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Norene 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 Norene?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Norene to be higher than in 77% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding64%Cold waves14%Tornadoes11%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Norene faces

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

Inland flooding

64% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 90% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Cold waves

14% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 84% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

11% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 85% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 10 years in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong 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 Norene flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Wilson County.

Disasters that hit Norene

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into NoreneDeclared for Wilson County only

Wilson County has had 13 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. Norene 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 Norene’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Norene. 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.