Natural hazards · Nashville

Nashville, WI natural hazards

Most of the natural-hazard damage FEMA expects in Nashville comes from cold waves, and overall the risk is very low for a U.S. community. 2 federal disasters brought FEMA money into town.

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

Expected damage

How exposed is Nashville?

Very low

vs. U.S. communities

FEMA expects yearly storm and flood damage to homes and buildings in Nashville to be higher than in 11% of U.S. communities, mostly from cold waves and inland flooding.

Cold waves78%Inland flooding16%Everything else6%

By hazard

What Nashville faces

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

Cold waves

78% of expected damage

Above average · higher than 66% of U.S. places

Recorded about 9 times a year in the area

Inland flooding

16% of expected damage

Below average · higher than 29% of U.S. places

Recorded about once every 7 years in the area

Lower here

TornadoesHailIce stormsWinter weatherHeat wavesWildfireEarthquakesLandslidesStrong windLightningDrought

Not a risk here

Coastal floodingHurricanesAvalanchesTsunamisVolcanic 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 Nashville flood?

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

of homes in flood zones
are insured

of all homes
are insured

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

Insurance rates: Forest County.

Disasters that hit Nashville

2 federal disasters brought FEMA money here

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

Brought FEMA money into NashvilleDeclared for Forest County only

2019

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

$60K to the Town of Nashville for repairs

2000

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding

$22K to the Town of Nashville for repairs

Forest County has had 5 natural disasters declared since 1953, most often severe storms and floods.

Around Nashville

Nashville and the towns around it

Very lowLowModerateHighVery high

Schoepkemostly inland floodingLow

Langlademostly cold wavesVery low

Freedommostly cold wavesVery low

Ainsworthmostly cold wavesVery low

Nashvillemostly cold wavesVery low

Crandonmostly cold wavesVery low

Lincolnmostly cold wavesVery 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. Nashville covers 1 census tract, combined by population.

Money that reached townFlood claims are matched to Nashville’s own flood-insurance community; household aid to the registrant’s city; repair grants to the Town of Nashville. FEMA’s model follows property values, so a place that recently lost many homes can rate lower than it feels.

FEMA’s expected losses across Nashville total about $3.4M a year, counting buildings, people and crops.

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.