Natural hazards · Vanleer

Vanleer, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Vanleer comes from inland flooding, 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 Vanleer?

High

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Vanleer to be higher than in 64% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding and earthquakes.

Inland flooding49%Earthquakes16%Tornadoes15%Cold waves13%Everything else8%

By hazard

What Vanleer faces

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

Inland flooding

49% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 72% of U.S. places

Recorded about 2 times a year in the area

Earthquakes

16% of expected damage

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

Tornadoes

15% of expected damage

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

Recorded about once every 11 years in the area

Cold waves

13% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 42% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Lower here

HurricanesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireLandslidesStrong 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 Vanleer flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Dickson County.

Disasters that hit Vanleer

5 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into VanleerDeclared for Dickson County only

2026

Severe Winter Storm

3 households applied for aid

2023

Severe Storms and Tornadoes

3 households applied for aid

2021

Severe Storm and Flooding

8 households applied for aid

2010

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

21 households applied for aid $20K aid approved

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $345 aid approved

Dickson County has had 22 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. Vanleer 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 Vanleer’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Vanleer. 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.