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Counties with the Lowest Natural Hazard Risk in Tennessee

The top 25 of 95 Tennessee counties on GIS Map, ranked by lowest FEMA National Risk Index score (0-100, national percentile).

#CountyRisk Index score
1Van Buren County
2.7
2Pickett County
4.6
3Trousdale County
6.1
4Moore County
9.9
5Unicoi County
10.6
6Hancock County
11.9
7Meigs County
12.7
8Union County
12.9
9Houston County
13.1
10Clay County
13.3
11Lewis County
13.9
12Grainger County
18.6
13Smith County
18.8
14Morgan County
19.1
15Overton County
22.2
16Jackson County
22.5
17Cannon County
22.9
18Bledsoe County
24.1
19DeKalb County
25.5
20Scott County
26.1
21Johnson County
28.2
22Fentress County
28.4
23Stewart County
29.4
24Polk County
31.2
25Perry County
33.4

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025). All counties with data are ranked. Estimates carry margins of error.

Citing this page: GIS Map, “Counties with the Lowest Natural Hazard Risk in Tennessee”, https://gismap.land/rankings/tennessee/lowest-risk-counties. Figures from FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025).

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