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Most disaster-prone counties in Tennessee

Tennessee has 2,037 county-level FEMA disaster declarations across 95 counties. The dominant hazard type is severe storm. Jackson County leads with 35 declarations, followed by Davidson County and Decatur County.

This ranking shows every county in Tennessee ordered by how many times FEMA has issued a disaster declaration affecting it. Counties near coastlines, river systems, or wildfire corridors tend to appear at the top because the same geographic exposure produces recurring events across decades.

Each county links to a full disaster history page with the complete declaration timeline, hazard type breakdown, decade trends, and whatever FEMA spending data is available. For a national view, see the most disaster-prone counties in America page.

Tennessee ranking

All counties by FEMA declaration count

#CountyDeclarationsTop hazardFirst yearLatest year
1Jackson County35Severe Storm19692026
2Davidson County28Severe Storm19742026
3Decatur County28Severe Storm19742026
4Gibson County28Severe Storm19712026
5Hardin County28Severe Storm19732026
6Houston County28Severe Storm19752026
7Shelby County28Severe Storm19732026
8Dickson County27Severe Storm19742026
9Henderson County27Severe Storm19742026
10Wayne County27Severe Storm19732026
11Cumberland County26Severe Storm19692026
12Humphreys County26Severe Storm19752026
13Scott County26Severe Storm19722026
14Bledsoe County25Severe Storm19732026
15Campbell County25Severe Storm19722026
16Cheatham County25Severe Storm19752026
17Hamilton County25Severe Storm19732026
18Hickman County25Severe Storm19732026
19Lawrence County25Severe Storm19732026
20Marion County25Severe Storm19732026
21Tipton County25Severe Storm19732026
22Carroll County24Severe Storm19712026
23Cocke County24Tropical Storm19722026
24Dyer County24Severe Storm19732026
25Fentress County24Severe Storm19742026
26Giles County24Severe Storm19732026
27Lauderdale County24Severe Storm19732026
28Lewis County24Severe Storm19752026
29Madison County24Severe Storm19752026
30Perry County24Severe Storm19752026
31Roane County24Severe Storm19732026
32Polk County23Severe Storm19742026
33Sevier County23Tropical Storm19722026
34Stewart County23Severe Storm19752026
35Anderson County22Severe Storm19732026
36Benton County22Severe Storm19712026
37Cannon County22Severe Storm19732026
38Clay County22Severe Storm19692026
39Grundy County22Severe Storm19732026
40Lake County22Severe Storm19732026
41Montgomery County22Severe Storm19752026
42Obion County22Severe Storm19732026
43Smith County22Severe Storm19752026
44Sumner County22Severe Storm19692026
45Warren County22Severe Storm19732026
46Claiborne County21Tropical Storm19732026
47Coffee County21Severe Storm19732026
48Fayette County21Severe Storm19942026
49Haywood County21Severe Storm19942026
50Henry County21Severe Storm19752026
51Jefferson County21Tropical Storm19732026
52Macon County21Severe Storm19692026
53Maury County21Severe Storm19732026
54McNairy County21Severe Storm19752026
55Morgan County21Severe Storm19732026
56Overton County21Severe Storm19692026
57Pickett County21Severe Storm19742026
58Rhea County21Severe Storm19732026
59Sequatchie County21Severe Storm19732026
60Weakley County21Severe Storm19752026
61DeKalb County20Severe Storm19742026
62Grainger County20Tropical Storm19732026
63Johnson County20Tropical Storm19732026
64Loudon County20Severe Storm19732026
65Van Buren County20Severe Storm19732026
66Crockett County19Severe Storm19792026
67Hancock County19Tropical Storm19732026
68Knox County19Severe Storm19732026
69Meigs County19Severe Storm19732026
70Putnam County19Severe Storm19742026
71Bedford County18Severe Storm19732026
72Blount County18Severe Storm19732026
73Bradley County18Severe Storm19732026
74Carter County18Tropical Storm19732026
75Greene County18Tropical Storm19732026
76Hardeman County18Severe Storm19752026
77Monroe County18Severe Storm19732026
78Moore County18Severe Storm19732026
79Unicoi County18Tropical Storm19732026
80White County18Severe Storm19732026
81Hawkins County17Tropical Storm19732026
82Lincoln County17Severe Storm19732026
83Marshall County17Severe Storm19732026
84Rutherford County17Severe Storm19732026
85Wilson County17Severe Storm19742026
86Chester County16Severe Storm19752026
87McMinn County16Severe Storm19732026
88Union County16Severe Storm19732026
89Washington County16Tropical Storm19732026
90Williamson County16Severe Storm19742026
91Franklin County15Severe Storm19732026
92Hamblen County15Tropical Storm19732026
93Robertson County14Severe Storm19752026
94Trousdale County13Severe Storm19742026
95Sullivan County12Tropical Storm19732026