Natural hazards · Orebank

Orebank, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Orebank comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is low for a U.S. community.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Orebank?

Low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Orebank to be higher than in 30% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Earthquakes7%Strong wind6%Everything else13%

By hazard

What Orebank faces

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

Inland flooding

74% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 57% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 65% of U.S. places

Strong wind

6% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 69% of U.S. places

Recorded about 3 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesLightningDrought

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 Orebank flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Sullivan County.

Disasters that hit Orebank

Federal disasters declared here

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

Brought FEMA money into OrebankDeclared for Sullivan County only

Sullivan County has had 9 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and winter storms.

Around Orebank

Orebank and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Orebankmostly inland floodingLow

Kingsportmostly inland floodingVery low

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. Orebank 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 Orebank’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Orebank. 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.