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Floods in Tennessee

Property owners in Tennessee have filed 17,624 federal flood insurance claims since 1978, with $480 million paid.

  • 17,624flood insurance claims since 1978
  • $480Mpaid on those claims
  • 2010most claims in one year, 4,724
  • 23rdamong the states for claims
2025
  • Floods on record, by year

Over time

Flood insurance claims in Tennessee per year 1978: 170 1979: 558 1980: 241 1981: 84 1982: 200 1983: 150 1984: 465 1985: 32 1986: 57 1987: 90 1988: 47 1989: 228 1990: 330 1991: 135 1992: 47 1993: 83 1994: 564 1995: 212 1996: 164 1997: 275 1998: 524 1999: 108 2000: 121 2001: 188 2002: 292 2003: 961 2004: 336 2005: 33 2006: 49 2007: 17 2008: 55 2009: 535 2010: 4,724 4,724 2011: 568 2012: 148 2013: 548 2014: 198 2015: 139 2016: 185 2017: 414 2018: 137 2019: 769 2020: 382 2021: 1,130 2022: 69 2023: 81 2024: 345 2025: 371 1978198319881993199820032008201320182023

The deadliest floods since 1996

Notable events
Aug 21, 2021Flash FloodDickson, Hickman, Houston20$101 million
May 1, 2010FloodBenton, Cheatham, Clay18$1.6 billion
Sep 25, 2024Flash FloodBlount, Campbell, Carter18$152 million
Mar 27, 2021Flash FloodCannon, Cheatham, Clay7$24.2 million
Jan 7, 1998Flash FloodCarter7$20.0 million
May 1, 2010Flash FloodCarroll, Chester, Crockett4$670 million
May 4, 2003Flash FloodBedford, Cannon, Cheatham4$2.7 million
Mar 1, 1997FloodCarroll, Chester, Crockett3$19.8 million
Dec 23, 2015Flash FloodDickson, Jackson, Lawrence3$44,000

Every county

Counties with any recorded events, highest first.

Floods by county in Tennessee
Davidson County4,787
Hamilton County1,748
Williamson County1,103
Shelby County1,019
Sumner County706
Knox County598
Wilson County575
Cheatham County513
Rutherford County453
Sevier County350
Lauderdale County323
Montgomery County313
Dyer County297
Carter County288
Smith County283
Humphreys County235
Gibson County224
Hardin County209
Bradley County203
Maury County200
Sullivan County197
Obion County191
Madison County173
Washington County152
Tipton County145
Marion County117
Perry County112
Decatur County111
Haywood County89
Cocke County85
Rhea County82
Robertson County71
Dickson County71
Wayne County71
Houston County64
Unicoi County64
Campbell County60
Blount County60
Anderson County55
Hickman County54
Johnson County51
Marshall County50
Lincoln County49
Cannon County48
Loudon County45
Polk County43
McMinn County40
Henry County40
Roane County40
Greene County37
Putnam County35
Lawrence County35
Franklin County32
Giles County30
Bedford County30
Claiborne County30
Lake County29
Warren County28
Coffee County26
Hamblen County26
Fayette County26
Trousdale County26
Clay County24
Jefferson County24
Sequatchie County20
Macon County20
Benton County19
Carroll County19
Lewis County19
Henderson County18
Jackson County18
Monroe County17
Weakley County17
DeKalb County17
Stewart County17
McNairy County17
Hancock County16
Hawkins County16
Van Buren County14
Overton County11
Crockett County10
Union County10
Morgan County8
White County5
Cumberland County4
Meigs County3
Grainger County3
Grundy County3
Hardeman County3
Chester County2
Pickett County2
Scott County1

This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency’s website(s).