Natural hazards · Stanton

Stanton, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Stanton comes from earthquakes, and overall the risk is high for a U.S. community. 5 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Stanton?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Stanton to be higher than in 69% of U.S. communities, mostly from earthquakes and cold waves.

Earthquakes44%Cold waves16%Inland flooding15%Tornadoes12%Heat waves5%Everything else9%

By hazard

What Stanton faces

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

Earthquakes

44% of expected damage

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

Cold waves

16% of expected damage

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

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

15% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 35% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Tornadoes

12% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 87% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 9 years in the area

Heat waves

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 75% of U.S. places

Recorded about 16 times a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Stanton flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Haywood County.

Disasters that hit Stanton

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into StantonDeclared for Haywood County only

2023

Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes

9 households applied for aid $11K aid approved

2010

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

133 households applied for aid $241K aid approved $3K to the Town of Stanton for repairs

2008

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

9 households applied for aid $30K aid approved

2006

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

5 households applied for aid $28K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

5 households applied for aid $645 aid approved

Haywood County has had 17 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. Stanton 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 Stanton’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Stanton. 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.