Natural hazards · Walland

Walland, TN natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Walland comes from inland flooding, and overall the risk is very high for a U.S. community. 1 federal disaster brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Walland?

Very high

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Walland to be higher than in 82% of U.S. communities, mostly from inland flooding.

Inland flooding74%Earthquakes7%Wildfire5%Everything else14%

By hazard

What Walland 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

Well above average · higher than 92% of U.S. places

Recorded about once a year in the area

Earthquakes

7% of expected damage

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

Wildfire

5% of expected damage

Well above average · higher than 95% of U.S. places

Lower here

HurricanesTornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherCold wavesHeat wavesLandslidesStrong 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 Walland flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Blount County.

Disasters that hit Walland

1 federal disaster brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into WallandDeclared for Blount County only

2003

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

2 households applied for aid $14K aid approved

Blount County has had 15 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. Walland 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 Walland’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to Walland. 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.