Natural hazards · Pikeville

Pikeville, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Pikeville comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 4 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Pikeville?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Pikeville to be higher than in 60% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and cold waves.

Inland flooding45%Cold waves18%Tornadoes16%Earthquakes8%Strong wind5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Pikeville faces

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

Inland flooding

45% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once a year in the area

Cold waves

18% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 81% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 23 years in the area

Earthquakes

8% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 78% of U.S. places

Strong wind

5% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 5 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat 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 Pikeville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Bledsoe County.

Disasters that hit Pikeville

4 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into PikevilleDeclared for Bledsoe County only

2011

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

68 households applied for aid $253K aid approved $6K to the City of Pikeville for repairs

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

25 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Tornados

14 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

2002

Severe Storms and Flooding

$10K to the City of Pikeville for repairs

Bledsoe County has had 21 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. Pikeville 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 Pikeville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the City of Pikeville. 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.